Belt and Road

(Bloomberg) -- Sign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it's going next.China’s spending on overseas energy projects has dropped to its lowest in more than a decade, as the nation focuses on domestic issues and rethinks its strategy around indebtedness and…

While pandering to anti-Chinese sentiment domesticallyWHEN CHINA’S president, Xi Jinping, launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, Indonesia was seen as essential to its success. So much so that he went to Jakarta, its capital, to launch the maritime dimension of his world-girdling programme of infrastructure investments. But…

1 / 3United States Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette gestures during an interview at the LNG terminal of the deepwater port of Sines after visiting the port, in Sines, southern Portugal, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. The US government and american companies are expressing interest in the expansion of the port. (AP Photo/Armando…

1 / 3United States Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette gestures during an interview at the LNG terminal of the deepwater port of Sines after visiting the port, in Sines, southern Portugal, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. The US government and american companies are expressing interest in the expansion of the port. (AP Photo/Armando…

BEIJING: China's ruling Communist Party needs to make a politically fraught decision: Admit a viral outbreak isn't under control and cancel this year's highest-profile official event. Or bring 3,000 legislators to Beijing next month and risk fueling public anger at the government's handling of the disease. The party was already…

SHANGHAI, Feb. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Electric Group ("Shanghai Electric" or "the Company") has announced that it is to join the Expo 2020 Dubai as the official partner of the China Pavilion, scheduled to open on October 20th.Shanghai Electric is to join the Expo 2020 Dubai as the official partner…

“Chinese tourists will once again be one of the most welcome groups of guests while academic and commercial partnerships between China and the world will become even closer. The choices made by governments in the face of the coronavirus emergency may very well determine their prospects for cooperation with China…

At US$1.1 billion, Padma Bridge is Bangladesh’s largest ever infrastructure development project. Photo: Getty ImagesMajor projects under Beijing’s multibillion-dollar infrastructure development scheme held up as Chinese workers face obstacles getting back into Pakistan, Bangladesh But deadly virus unlikely to derail China’s connectivity ambitions, as host nations need its money too…

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Hua Zhang,  Sidai Guo,  Yubing Qian,  Yan Liu,  Chengpeng Lu x Published: February 7, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228223 AbstractTo better understand the agricultural resources and environmental problems of the provinces along The Belt and Road in China, it is critical to investigate their agricultural carbon…

Long before the coronavirus made international headlines, China’s Communist Party, which rules the country with unchallenged authority, had an image problem. Image has always been a key element of Beijing’s plan to rise to global greatness. It has worked assiduously to carve a reputation as an unstoppable power wading well into the midst of world…