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Belt and Road: The nationsi

The initiative spearheaded by the Chinese government and endorsed by President Xi Jinping in late 2013 aims to improve trade and economic integration across Asia, Europe, and Africa.

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  • The timing of the trips has remained consistent but their purpose has shifted since Qian Qichen started the convention in 1991
  • Sending top diplomat to stop first in African nations each year says much about Beijing’s ambitions and Africa’s place on world stage, say analysts
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Observers said the Taliban’s hopes that the completed project will become a link to China’s vast network are unlikely to be shared by Beijing.

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In St Petersburg, Russian president tells Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi he will attend Belt and Road Forum, saying the strategy ‘fully meets and coincides’ with Russia’s interests.

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Research team studies nine different ways to consolidate marble stones with patented combination of methods used in church restoration project.

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China’s top diplomat makes a surprise stop in Addis Ababa and says Beijing is ‘willing to play a positive role in easing Ethiopia’s debt pressure’.

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Xuzhou will promote the use of the digital yuan in cross-border trade with Belt and Road countries using its connectivity via 18 regular cross-border railway lines to 21 countries in Europe and Asia.

President Joko Widodo, who inspected a new railway station, said the project was 88.8 per cent complete and its commercial launch is expected in June 2023.

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Rivalry between China and the US in the region is ‘greatly affecting capital flows’, but demand for projects under the Belt and Road Initiative remains, analysts say.

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The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is likely to bring enormous economic benefits to Central Asia and western China, but it could also stoke geopolitical rivalry between Beijing, Moscow and Washington.

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Timing of attack – which killed five people at a Quetta hotel where the Chinese ambassador was staying – could rattle investor confidence, observers say.

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The Balkan nation had begged Brussels to help cover the costs of the project, which has been described as one of the most expensive stretches of road in the world.

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The law allows the federal government to block any pact between Australian states and a foreign government, such as Victoria’s belt and road deal with China.

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The pandemic will accelerate investment in low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure, and projects that enhance digital connectivity and public health, in countries covered by China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to Moody’s.

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A joint visit by India’s foreign secretary and army chief to Naypyidaw shows New Delhi is ready to strengthen ties amid China’s growing presence in the region.

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