Page 3 - Belt And Road Initiative

Australian government acquires new power to scrap foreign pacts

The law applies to pacts made by lower levels of administration.

Malaysia seeks to reroute $10.6 billion belt-and-road rail project

Malaysia's government said it will seek to reroute a $10.6 bn rail project being built across the peninsula under China's "Belt and Road" trade initiative

Chinese FM holds meeting with Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan on Covid-19, BRI

Addressing the meeting, which is the first involving the four countries, Wang proposed the four-point action plan including consolidating the consensus on unity and fight against the pandemic

India's dissent over China's BRI not a threat to SCO: Secy-General Norov

New Delhi has gone public with its concern on Beijing's strategic initiative at various international fora over the past years

Coronavirus deals a body blow to China's grand global influence plans

The Belt and Road Initiative is aimed at building infrastructure and boosting Beijing's influence around the world

Myanmar, China ink deals to accelerate BRI as Xi courts an isolated Suu Kyi

Xi and Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi signed 33 agreements shoring up key projects that are part of the flagship Belt and Road Initiative

India needs to outflank China in Africa: Exim Bank CEO Rasquinha

Adding that exporters needed to outflank the Chinese and not fight them, Rasquinha said exporters need to tie up with Japanese companies

OBOR projects in Central Asia, Pak, Myanmar expected to lose money

According to the CSIS, if successfully implemented, the BRI could help re-orient a large part of the world economy toward China

Sri Lanka and the Sino-Indian rivalry

Economically sluggish India faces tough Chinese competition in Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean

Sri Lanka leased Hambantota port to China for 99 yrs. Now it wants it back

The port is emblematic of the controversy dogging Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road initiative from Kenya to Myanmar

Why India must bother about BRI & RCEP

Its refusal to participate in the two says that this country of 1.2 billion people and a $3 trillion economy shies away from playing a major part in shaping Asia's future

Belt and Road Initiative: 'China's social governance of the world'

For the Chinese, the landmark project is more than just a giant infrastructure project

By refusing to join RCEP, India is also saying it doesn't trust China

RCEP without India would be as big a flop as the belt and road project has been

China and India's neighbourhood

If India wants to enhance its influence it must accelerate and sustain its economic progress.

China's Belt and Road may render Paris climate goals unreachable: Analysis

The 2015 accord enjoins nations to cap temperature rises to "well below" two degrees Celsius (3.6 Farenheit) above pre-industrial levels

How Trump's trade war gets Xi's Belt and Road project back on track

n the first half of this year, Commerce Ministry data show, Beijing signed about $64 billion in new, mostly construction contracts, a jump of 33% from 2018

China's emergence as a scientific power

BRI is being leveraged as a platform for collaboration in scientific fields. Should India join this specific component of the forum?

China's 'predatory' BRI leaving smaller counties under huge debt: US

Noting that the US has said all along that it has a huge economic interest in China's success and vice versa, Pompeo said the BRI needs to be transparent

A Chinese re-adjustment on BRI?

For the moment, it is Southeast Asia and Central Asia that are at the centre of BRI and that have embraced the project wholeheartedly

Xi Jinping signals approval for US trade demands at Belt and Road forum

Xi's promises have been echoed by officials over the past few months and China has taken several steps to address US concerns