An expert analyzes how China is responding to a new set of global challenges. China’s growing engagement in the Middle ...

Deal after deal after deal in China-Middle East relations in February 2025. The Middle East now leads BRI investments, with ...

Launched to rival China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) faces uncertainty ...

Belt and Road Office chief Nicholas Ho says greater connectivity will help city explore new ‘core development markets’.

Also hanging over the event was the war in the Middle East, where Israel’s fight with Hamas militants threatens to embroil the region in a broader conflict in which China, Russia and the US ...

China hosts the third Belt and Road Forum this week, marking the 10-year anniversary of its multinational investment initiative. In the second of a three-part series, Jevans Nyabiage looks at ...

The Middle East is also a cornerstone in the Belt and Road Initiative. Chinese investment in Arab and Middle Eastern countries rose by 360% in 2021 compared to 2020, according to a study by Fudan ...

But confidence was rattled. Shares in a "belt and road" index (.CSI399991) slumped more than 2%, with construction giants with business in the Middle East leading losses.

China is hoping to expand its strategic footprint in the South Caucasus, signing agreements with Azerbaijan and Georgia in recent months designed to expand East-West trade via the Middle Corridor.

China is succeeding in the Middle East because it learned from watching the US fail there for 20 years Iranian, Saudi, and Chinese foreign ministers during a meeting in Beijing on April 6.

Hong Kong is striving to enhance its connectivity with countries under the Belt and Road Initiative by increasing flight frequencies to strategic destinations such as Xinjiang, Riyadh and Dallas ...