Belt and Road

KHORGOS, Kazakhstan—To better understand the future of China’s role in Central Asia, and the world, you need to come here, the middle of nowhere. Straddling the Kazakh-Chinese border, a collection of cranes, railways, and buildings rises out of a barren stret…

Desertification was an early priority for the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Credit: Zhao Changchun/Xinhua/Zuma The story of the number theorist Jingrun Chen will be familiar to most readers in China. Chen, a prodigious talent, spent a lifetime working on Goldb…

(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here.  Japan believes China could use its global Belt and Road infrastructure initiative to push its Peoples Liberation Army into the Indian and Pacif…

China’s active diplomatic efforts in trying to resolve the “Rohingya” issue can facilitate a rapprochement between Myanmar and Bangladesh that strengthens their trilateral cooperation through the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) and secures a second corridor …

China will inject new impetus into climate change efforts after 2020, and use its Belt and Road initiative to boost cooperation in the fight against global warming, State Councillor Wang Yi, the country's top diplomat, said in a statement.  China has promise…

SAN SEBASTIAN —  On Monday afternoon, leading figures from the Chinese and Spanish industries gathered to discuss future plans, sitting for a panel called “China/Spain: The Belt and Road Initiatives: The New Era for Co-Production.” Moderated by producer Ying…

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi (front R) inspects honour guards with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a ceremony in Beijing. PHOTO: AFP BEIJING: Iraq will join China’s signature “Belt and Road” infrastructure investment project, the country’s prime …

A coal-fired power plant in central Poland. Global greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2018, and the world is on track for potentially catastrophic climate change in the coming decades. Czarek Sokolowski/AP Leaders from nearly 200 countries are attending a spe…

China is planting trees to stop deserts expanding.Credit: Wang He/Getty China has planted billions of trees over the past four decades as part of its fight against expanding deserts, mostly in its north. Each year, the country sows seedlings over an area nea…

China is planting trees to stop deserts expanding.Credit: Wang He/Getty China has planted billions of trees over the past four decades as part of its fight against expanding deserts, mostly in its north. Each year, the country sows seedlings over an area nea…