Belt and Road

China's foreign minister is set to meet his Southeast Asian peers in Laos on Thursday for crisis talks over the coronavirus which has seeded panic and constricted economies dependent on the flow of goods and tourists.Wang Yi will hold talks with counterparts from the 10 Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries in…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London on February 12. Photo: APBritish prime minister again displays a cosiness with Beijing that contrasts with his hardline approach to the European Union amid Brexit trade talks The Chinese leader also speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron and Croatian…

A food delivery worker passes a deserted compound of a commercial office building during lunch break in Beijing. (AP pic)BEIJING: When President Xi Jinping made his first state visit this year to Myanmar and signed new infrastructure contracts, there was no indication of the obstacle about to trip up China’s…

(Reuters) - When President Xi Jinping made his first state visit this year to Myanmar and signed new infrastructure contracts, there was no indication of the obstacle about to trip up China’s plan for railways, ports and highways around the world: the coronavirus. Cambodian workers eat lunch outside a Chinese-operated…

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, left, hands over the gavel for ASEAN chairmanship to ... Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during the closing ceremony of the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Bangkok on November 4, 2019. LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images Vietnam took over the…

(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…