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China has been a major investor and trade partner in Central Asia for some twenty-five years. For the first half of those years, Beijing was focused on oil ...
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On 15 August, when India celebrates Independence Day, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan will mark four years in power. The ...
The Belt and Road Initiative, started by China in 2013, is a global investment project. It funds infrastructure like roads, bridges, ports, and railways in different countries.
Panama has officially informed Beijing of its decision to withdraw from China's massive infrastructure and investment project, the Belt and Road Initiative, the country's leader announced on ...
Lin said the Belt and Road Initiative had brought "active participation" from over 150 countries and that it has brought "fruitful results" to Panama and China, but gave no examples. "We hope ...
By reauthorizing and strengthening the DFC, the U.S. can offer the developing world a real and robust alternative to China’s debt-trap diplomacy and ensure that its Belt and Road leads nowhere.
1. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) spans over 140 countries, cutting across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Mulino: Panama will not be renewing deal on China’s Belt and Road Initiative Panama’s President Jose Mulino, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrive for a meeting at presidential ...
On Feb. 3, Panama announced its plans to leave China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino announced his decision following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of ...
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 and Colombia have increased economic cooperation in the past few years, most recently forming a working group to discuss joining the Belt and Road Initiative in October 2024. But the deal ...
China, Colombia sign Belt and Road cooperation pact By Reuters May 14, 20252:13 AM PDTUpdated May 14, 2025 ...