Tag: Belt and Road Initiative

The silly season is on in full swing. From bawdy to banal, political parties are taking potshots in all directions.Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems set for an unprecedented third term. The undoubtedly startling speed of arrests by notoriously tardy government agencies in recent months did galvanise the Opposition INDIA ...

Beyond the BLA’s activities, other terrorist outfits such as Islamic State Khorasan (Isis-K), Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Tehreek-i-Jihad Pakistan (TJP) have also launched attacks, particularly in border provinces like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Despite denials of any direct ties between the Taliban regime in Kabul and these terrorist outfits, Pakistan has highlighted ...

China will keep pushing the envelope but India has demonstrated both the will and resources to push back Updated On - 23 March 2024, 03:32 PM In the Indian Ocean, China has supported anti-India leaders such as Rajapaksas in Sri Lanka and Abdulla Yameen and Muizzu ...

China has long been viewed as a potential patron and user, since a vast majority of its crude oil is presently sourced from the Middle East.It has also spent big on its Belt and Road Initiative – an infrastructure strategy to enhance regional connectivity with more than 3,000 projects ...

Conceived at the start of the year, the academy would design programmes more tailored than the agency’s courses in the past, Woo vowed.“Once our academy is established, we will organise courses every month for both overseas and local participants,” he said. “The content will also be much more specialised.”Instead ...

Islamabad —  Russia, Venezuela and Pakistan are the top three recipients of Chinese development funding in the past two decades, but the crisis-riddled countries may be losing attraction for Beijing. China is moving to protect its global investments under the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a study released ...

Islamabad —  Russia, Venezuela and Pakistan are the top three recipients of Chinese development funding in the past two decades, but the crisis-riddled countries may be losing attraction for Beijing. China is moving to protect its global investments under the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a study released ...

A Decade Of China's BRI: Triumphs and Tribulations After 10 Years Of Mega Project | Exactly a decade ago in October 2013 President Xi of China unveiled his ambitious the Belt and Road Initiative while on a state visit to Kazakhstan. The idea was to enhance connectivity and ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the lecturn on the rostrum. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty ... Images)Getty Images Given the growing dissatisfaction among participants in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Beijing had to feel pressure for some gesture at rejuvenation at this year’s summit. But while Chinese ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has a total foreign debt of USD 46.9 billion, 52 per cent of which is owed to China, its largest lender Published Date - 10:00 PM, Mon - 23 October 23 Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has a total foreign debt of USD 46.9 ...