Belt and Road Initiative
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China falls into its own debt trap as loans under Belt and Road Initiative pile up
Beijing: China is falling into its own debt trap as the country’s banks have sharply reduced lending to low-income countries under its flagship Belt and Road initiative (BRI) after the crumbled economies…
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China-Pakistan Economic corridor’s degrading effect on Gilgit-Baltistan
Islamabad: China’s Belt and Road Initiative, aimed at renewing the country’s historic trade routes in the coastal countries of south-east Asia, Eurasian mainland and big sweeps of the Indian Ocean if it…
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US withdrawal from Afghanistan raises risk of jihadist attacks in China
Beijing: China’s Afghan policy after the 9/11 attacks has been focused on ‘curtailing the growth of terrorists and ensuring stability to expand its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to Afghanistan’. However, the…
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China’s ambitious BRI project hindered by COVID-19, failure to pay debts
Beijing: China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with Beijing quietly scaling back the project, particularly in the emerging markets of Africa, due to…
