Observers say if Beijing-funded oil and gas search is successful, it could help Kathmandu strike better balance in ties with neighbouring giants China and India.

Progress on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor stalled post-pandemic amid Pakistan’s ongoing economic difficulties, but Islamabad now detects ‘great interest on the Chinese side to revive the momentum’.

‘Think of it as a Chinese version of the Marshall Plan in the green economy era,’ but beware of backlash, says a member of the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee.

Billions of dollars’ worth of investment pledges from Abu Dhabi and Riyadh gave Islamabad financial breathing room amid new bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund.

An ambitious plan to turn an African fishing town into a major trading port is set to enter its second phase of construction with backing from China Eximbank.

Beijing has proposed investments in Afghanistan if Kabul could restrain the militants responsible for the attacks, analysts say.

Beijing and Moscow should ‘maintain security and stability in the common Chinese-Russian neighbourhood’, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says

Wang Yi meets Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe as part of four-day trip to Central Asia, which will include an SCO foreign ministers’ meeting in Astana.

Beijing and Moscow are doing some things right but bigger picture forces are at play, analyst says.

A Chinese high-speed railway line in Indonesia has been open for six months – and is popular enough that new trips have been added – but high debt levels are raising questions about its long-term utility.

Hutchison Ports’ ties to Beijing could lead to delays in American civilian and military shipping in case of a conflict with Taiwan, among other problems, says US lawmaker.

Hunan vice-governor Cao Zhiqiang leads delegation of officials and company representatives to trade show in Nairobi where nearly US$300 million in deals are signed.

Unprecedented logistics centre in Latin America financed by Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative is locked in a legal battle over its operation.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi also hails ‘ironclad’ relationship between neighbours in talks with Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s deputy prime minister.

After his visit to Beijing to sign US$6 billion shipbuilding deal, Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi reports friendly meetings and good prospects for further cooperation.

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar is on a visit to China where he is expected to push for progress in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

The Chinese president upgraded relations with Serbia and Hungary, but in France made few if any concessions to reduce the flood of Chinese imports into the EU.

Chinese leader hails Belgrade’s support for his vision of a ‘community with a shared future’ as the countries pledge to deepen relations.

Head of US International Development Finance Corporation Scott Nathan calls on members of Congress to review the eligibility criteria for funding to help build partnerships, particularly in Latin America.

Meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić expected to be heavy on symbolism as it coincides with 25th anniversary of Nato’s bombing of China’s embassy.

The suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in northwest Pakistan in March, killing six people.

As geopolitical changes have made working with China more risky than before, European firms have backed away from infrastructure projects linked with the Belt and Road Initiative.