Belt and Road

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany, June 26 (Reuters) - Group of Seven leaders pledged on Sunday to raise $600 billion in private and public funds over five years to finance needed infrastructure in developing countries and counter China's older, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road project. U.S.…

Topline The leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations have vowed to raise $600 billion within the next five years to fund infrastructure projects in developing countries, an effort designed to compete for influence in the developing world with the similar Belt and Road program launched by China in…

Wednesday 13 April 2022 6:53 pm The International Monetary Fund plans to mobilise $45bn (£34bn) of funding to help countries deal with long-term challenges such as Climate Change. The IMF’s executive board is today expected to approve plans to launch a Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) to assist a broad…

China’s ambitious plan to grow global trade has resulted in collaborations with 147 countries and 32 international organisations, but an uncertain outlook has cast a pall on development Chinese authorities recently acknowledged that geopolitical risks facing the belt and road project are mounting, though Beijing is attempting to maintain ‘normal’…

Argentina is the latest Latin American nation (the 20th) to become a member of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an international infrastructure and investment development program initiated in 2013 by Chinese president Xí Jìnpíng 习近平. The Chinese leader and Argentine president Alberto Fernandez officiated Argentina’s involvement in the BRI…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wáng Yì 王毅 with his counterpart in the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, in Abu Dhabi on March 28, 2021. Photo via Xinhua. China is expanding its presence in the Middle East by building out critical infrastructure in the region and securing deals on…

LETTER: On Dec 3, 2021, the China-Laos railway opened to traffic, connecting Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province with Laos capital Vientiane. The railway is a landmark project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. In addition to the extreme construction difficulty and risks of the project...Read More

Amid demands for more jobs, exports and skills training, Beijing is helping Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to industrialise Analysts said China was focused on keeping Central Asian governments happy as the US and Russia look to increase their own power and influence in the region Read More

The EU unveiled its "Global Gateway" project this week, which is seen as a European alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). But is the EU’s €300 billion plan a serious threat to Beijing’s influence extension initiative?  Everyone wants their own Silk Road. Nearly a decade after Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed…

The European Union (EU) has revealed details of a €300bn (£255bn; $340bn) global investment plan, described as a “true alternative” to China’s Belt and Road strategy. European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, said the Global Gateway scheme should become a trusted brand. China has funded rail, roads and ports…