By Cynthia Michelle Aranguren Hernández Colombia will formally join China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), President Gustavo Petro Urrego announced during his visit to the Great Wall on May 12. Petro ...

Colombia will join China's Belt and Road initiative, a massive development project from the Asian nation in which it funds infrastructure projects, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Monday."We ...

Along the two sides of the ancient Silk Road, the Great Wall defense facilities, such as beacon towers and fortresses, were built to ensure regional peace and smooth passage. These structures ...

The ancient city of Petra hosted a historic event on Tuesday as it welcomed a high-level Chinese delegation for the signing of a twinning agreement between Petra and Jiayuguan City, home to the Great ...

Xi’an is also the starting point of the network of trading routes known as the Silk Road ... an wall faced the threat of demolition during the 1950s as part of the country’s Great Leap ...

China, historically centralized with a desire for domination, contrasts with India's decentralized Mandala model of ...

Today, only 3% of the planet’s population lives at or above such great heights ... there,” Frachetti said of the newly discovered Silk Road settlements. “It’s winter there already.

This could boost Beijing’s influence while further souring President Gustavo Petro's relationship with the US.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.