Belt and Road

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang took a test ride Wednesday on Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, which connects two Indonesian cities as part of China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. How long can consumer spending prop up stocks? Li is visiting Jakarta for two days of talks…

Author of the article: Published Sep 05, 2023  •  Last updated Sep 05, 2023  •  1 minute read In this photo released by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, meets with Italian Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in…

In this photo released by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, meets with Italian Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in Beijing Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2023. China's foreign minister is seeking to sell his Italian counterpart on the benefits…

Wang Yiwei, an European affairs expert at Renmin University, said: “ didn’t really want to quit. It just wanted to send a message to the United States. “This has been talked about for more than a year ... This is because it still wants to get some more benefits from…

This February, doctors from the top-ranked Ophthalmic Center at Sun Yat-sen University traveled to the Maldives to inaugurate the first state-funded standardized ophthalmology center built by China outside its borders. In the six months since, the new center has received over 4,400 patients and performed 402 surgeries; Chinese state media…

Four years ago, Italy became the first and only Group of Seven (G7) country to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). But now Rome is considering an exit from Beijing’s global infrastructure project spearheaded by Chinese leader Xí Jìnpíng 习近平. On July 30, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said…

Chinese state media on Saturday rejected a Western claim that developed nations were shunning the country's Belt and Road Forum, while saying most of the leaders invited this year were from developing nations. Critics see the ambitious Belt and Road initiative — billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to…

Chinese state media on Saturday rejected a Western claim that developed nations were shunning the country's Belt and Road Forum, while saying most of the leaders invited this year were from developing nations. Critics see the ambitious Belt and Road initiative - billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to…

Over the past 10 years, the construction of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has yielded fruitful win-win outcomes, creating a successful practice under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Produced by Xinhua Global Service Read More

The Italian government has some strong words of regret about its decision to join China’s transcontinental development project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). 'I saw these knuckleheads getting rich and I got FOMO' | Ben McKenzie on crypto fraud Signing up for Beijing’s flagship infrastructure and foreign policy effort…