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China's BRI left several countries saddled with 'hidden debts': report

China's Belt and Road Initiative has left scores of lower- and middle-income countries saddled with "hidden debts" totalling USD 385 billion, according to new research.

China's BRI plans losing momentum as opposition, debt mount: Study

President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013

Afghanistan's fall spells trouble for China's Belt and Road Initiative

The Talibans unpredictable takeover of Afghanistan has ushered in a tumultuous second innings for the country, as the world watches the developments closely

China-backed projects in Africa face fierce backlash from environmentalists

Environmentalists accuse the developers of destroying ecosystems in pursuit of commodities like oil, metal and timber

Covid-19, other concerns affected China's BRI projects in 2020: Report

About 15 Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects worth over USD 2.4 billion ran into trouble last year, according to a London-based think tank report.The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) said in a report titled 'China navigates its Covid-19 recovery - outward investment appetite and implications for developing countries' that the overall figure could be higher of all the setbacks to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.According to the report, China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) was "greatly frustrated" by Zimbabwe's failure to pay a USD 10 million commitment fee for the Kunzvi Dam electricity project, contracted to Sinohydro. The report said the Zimbabwean government was understood to already owe a substantial debt to Sinosure.Furthermore, the study tracked BRI projects between January and November last year and found several projects affected by delays due to COVID-19 as Myanmar and Nigeria closed their

US, Taiwan to push an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative

Taiwan and the US are moving ahead with a plan to finance infrastructure and energy projects in Asia and Latin America

Majority of China's BRI projects adversely affected by Covid-19: Report

China last week held the first video conference of the BRI as part of its efforts to kick start the projects

One-fifth of Belt and Road projects 'seriously affected' by Covid-19: China

Over 100 countries have signed agreements with China to cooperate in BRI projects like railways, ports, highways and other infrastructure

China's great growth story has come at a cost: Manoranjan Mohanty

Rising inequalities, environmental degradation, social alienation and absence of civil liberties have accompanied this narrative, says former Professor of Delhi University

China announces plans to seek global partners to fund its BRI projects

China will be holding the second Belt and Road Forum in April, which Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated would be bigger than the one held in 2017.

Is China's Belt and Road a bold infrastructure vision, or a slush fund?

China's flagship foreign-policy initiative is closer to a branding exercise than a master plan for geopolitical domination

Why Chinese repression in Xinjiang could be belt and road's stumbling block

A police state full of brutal reeducation camps in Xinjiang will merely provoke a terrifying backlash - and the Belt and Road will be among the casualties

China may use Belt and Road initiative for electronic surveillance: Report

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, that infrastructure can be used to help Beijing gain information

Malaysia seeks 'drastic' price cut in $20 bn China backed rail link project

Malaysia's new government has axed a high-speed rail line to Singapore because it is too costly and is reviewing other large infrastructure projects financed by China

China's BRI could increase global trade by 12%, halve trading costs: ING

Nations in central Asia and eastern Europe could benefit the most -- an estimated 35 per cent to 45 per cent growth in trade.

For nations eyeing Chinese Belt & Road money, Lanka has some costly lessons

Government officials and financial experts show that mitigating the risks is key to maximizing opportunities

OBOR initiative could be sticking point in Indo-China ties: Experts

Officials say Chinese investment flows into India have been affected as China has been routing all its external investments in recent years only under the BRI

Only country to oppose China's Belt and Road Initiative is India: US expert

During a hearing of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Andrew Small said India has drawn those red lines in Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bangladesh

Russia throws weight behind China's Belt and Road, urges India to join

India is strongly opposed to an economic corridor that China is building in Pakistan that runs through disputed Kashmir