China is soaking up the benefits of their Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) while other, poor nations are hurting further and our environment is being negatively impacted. Since its birth in 2013 ...

China accounted for about 5 percent, or $441.8 billion, of the $8.8 trillion in public external debt owed by all low- and middle-income countries, according to data from the World Bank's 2024 report ...

China's global infrastructure initiative has always been controversial. As Xi Jinping's signature project turns 10, leaders and representatives of 130 countries are in Beijing to mark the anniversary.

China has bolstered economic ties with countries around the world through its "Belt and Road" program. NPR's Scott Simon asks the European University Institute's Giulio Pugliese about it.

The Belt and Road Initiative has also stoked opposition. For some countries that take on large amounts of debt to fund infrastructure upgrades, BRI money is seen as a potential poisoned chalice.

The Belt and Road Initiative is also expanding its geographic footprint, adding several new members, some of whom have close relations with the U.S., between 2021 and 2023.

Chinese construction and engineering contractors working as part of the country's Belt and Road initiative face greater challenges in democratic countries, a study shows. The findings are ...

A worker stands at the construction site of East Coast Rail Link, a Chinese-invested railway project part of the Beijing Belt and Road Initiative in Bentong, Malaysia, January 13, 2022.

Xi is not the only leader transitioning from the Belt and Road Initiative to “Belt and Road cooperation” – so has Wang Yi, the minister of foreign affairs, the last promotor of the BRI in ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced in Beijing Monday that his country would be joining China's Belt and Road Initiative, also known as the Silk Road.