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China

New beginning or dismal end for the Belt and Road?

by Jean-Marc F Blanchard November 25, 2023December 1, 2023

Not so long ago, countries were ecstatic about the potential of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a mega-infrastructure scheme launched in 2013 that would connect the world through ports, power grids, railways, roads and telecommunications networks. Western pundits worried that BRI projects were pulling countries into China’s orbit, empowering Chinese companies and birthing a Sinocentric global […]

Laos

China-indebted Laos way more broke than advertised

by David Hutt October 14, 2022October 18, 2022

In a reset, Marcos scraps Duterte’s China loans

by Richard Javad Heydarian July 19, 2022July 26, 2022

Nepal, South Asia

Nepal-China railway plans hit a dead end

by Kosh Raj Koirala July 18, 2019February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the venue of G20 summit conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 30, 2018. Photo: AFP Forum via The Yomiuri Shimbun

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Xi unusually omitted China’s BRI from his G20 remarks

by Xuan Loc Doan December 5, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Photo: AFP/Mark Cristino

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia

Will burgeoning China-Philippine ties last?

by Xuan Loc Doan November 23, 2018

Gwadar port in Baluchistan Pakistan, as seen in October 2017. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

As owner of Gwadar Port, Pakistan may be the boss, not the beggar

by Ali Salman Andani November 14, 2018

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 26, 2015. Photo: AFP / Feng Li / Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

It is India vs China amid upheaval in Sri Lankan politics

by Gunjan Singh November 1, 2018

Hambantota port in Sri Lanka has been taken over by China for 99 years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, China, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Is China a new imperial power?

by Chandra Muzaffar October 26, 2018

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan meets the king of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, at Al-Salam Royal Palace in Jeddah on September 19, 2018. Photo: AFP via Anadolu Agency

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey

Pakistan wins $6-bn bailout from Saudis amid Khashoggi row

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid October 25, 2018February 18, 2020

A Pakistani soldier looks on during the opening of a trade project at the China-backed Gwadar port on November 13, 2016. Photo: AFP/ Aamir Qureshi

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Under the guise of friendship, China is looting Pakistan

by Ali Salman Andani October 24, 2018

Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar. Photo: Wikipedia

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Pakistan’s IMF plea a symptom of China’s debt-trap diplomacy

by Ali Salman Andani October 15, 2018

President Xi Jinping's economic policies have been questioned. Photo: AFP/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Backlash against China could jeopardize its ‘free ride’

by Brahma Chellaney September 28, 2018

New partners? German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Photo: Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

China’s Belt and Road a dilemma for Germany

by Emanuele Scimia June 1, 2018

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks to the crowds during a rally in a September 15, 1999 file photo. AFP PHOTO/Shamshahrin Shamsudin

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

ASEAN neighbors feel Malaysia market maelstrom

by Gary Kleiman May 29, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Roundtable Summit Phase One Sessions of the Belt and Road Forum. Photo: Reuters, Lintao Zhang

China

Xi Jinping’s power: real or hyped?

by Avinash Godbole April 26, 2018

Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves at his supporters at the end of the five-day protest march from Kandy about 116 km to Colombo, in Sri Lanka, August 1, 2016. Photo: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Why Colombo remains a challenge for New Delhi

by Ana Pararajasingham April 26, 2018

Rohingya refugees who were intercepted by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency off Langkawi island are escorted as they are handed over to immigration authorities, at the Kuala Kedah ferry jetty in Malaysia April 3, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Stringer

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Thailand, World

Myanmar in the Dragon’s jaws

by Prakash Katoch April 4, 2018

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