Belt and Road

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (left) is on 3-day official visit to India. (AP pic) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka’s new president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has warned India and Western nations that his country will be forced to seek finance from China again if they…

This story is part of a CBC News series exploring China's expanding influence around the world and how Canada and other countries are contending with China's power. A half-decade ago, China planted an economic flag in Central Europe with its multi-billion-do…

Advertisement As soon as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, a narrative surfaced among the international community: China was to become the leader in the global fight against climate change. The wor…

Author: Wei Shan, NUS East Asia Institute Xinjiang is Chinas bridge to Central Asian, Middle Eastern and European markets, placing it at the heart of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It is the largest logistical centre among the BRI countries. Of the six …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will lend Sri Lanka $400 million for infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after talks with the island nation’s new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa aimed at improving bilateral ties. Sri Lanka, located…

This story is part of a CBC News series exploring China's expanding influence around the world and how Canada and other countries are contending with China's growing power. They come by the busloads to the rugged hills of Shaanxi Province, more than 2,000 po…

The crisis in Hong Kong is once again focusing attention on China's leadership. How far will Beijing go to stop the continuing protests? Many residents worry about losing freedom under the weight of a dominating, repressive power as Beijing seeks to assert it…

Ever since Kosovo declared independence in 2008 from Serbia, it has focused its foreign policy on achieving international recognition. Today, its foreign ministry claims that 116 countries have recognised its sovereignty. Serbia, which rejected its secession…

2019 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission "- China's goal to establish a leading position in the economic and military use of outer space, or what Beijing calls its "space dream," is a core component of its aim to real…

Fred Dufour/Getty This week saw a slew of events that embarrassed China on the world stage. It faced a brutal New York Times exposé about its oppression of Uighur Muslims, the passing of US legislation to protect Hong Kong protesters, and a…