Belt and Road

US President Donald Trump smiles after announcing that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties. Photo: APThe alliance has been positioned as America buttressing its two allies against the ambitions of Iran and Turkey, but sceptics spy a quid pro quo US wants Arab-Israeli…

China’s belt and road projects and its engagement with the region via the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation are fuelling a strategic competition in Southeast Asia The US, Japan and South Korea have deepened their commitment to Mekong nations, with each also affirming Washington’s policy of a free and open Indo-Pacific Published: 6:00am,…

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BEIJING: President Xi Jinping on Friday described the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a "landmark project" under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and said it is of great importance to promoting in-depth development of the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries. Xi, also general secretary of the…

By Siviwe Feketha 21h agoCape Town – China's acting ambassador to South Africa, Li Nan, has moved to defend the Asian country’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from accusations that it is an attempt to dominate poor countries and trap them in debt.Li was addressing a virtual symposium on…

By Siviwe Feketha Aug 6, 2020Johannesburg – Africa will need China’s involvement if the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) is to yield good results.This is according to United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s chief for energy, infrastructure Dr Robert Lisinge, who also indicated that the partnership…

GEORGE TOWN: China continues to see Malaysia as a destination of choice for investment opportunities, says its consul-general in Penang, Lu Shiwei (pix). This is especially so with fresh data emerging that the economic powerhouse has now restored growth despite the Covid-19 threat. “With China’s ability to restore growth despite…

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Medical specialists wearing protective equipment work at the coronavirus disease testing facility in Almaty, Kazakhstan, earlier this month. Photo: ReutersChinese ambassador reaffirms ties in phone call to Kazakh health minister WHO says many cases in the Central Asian nation were likely Covid-19 but just not diagnosed correctly Topic |   KazakhstanPublished: 7:19pm,…

In an Alaska-sized chunk of western China known as Xinjiang, the greatest human rights atrocities of this unfurling decade continue to sprint forward, tipping toward genocide. The region has long been coveted by authorities in Beijing; standing in the way of their settler-colonial designs is the fact that the area…