Belt and Road

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…

Posted September 22, 2019 05:15:18 He was a six-foot-five Muslim eunuch who sailed from China to the coast of Africa. The greatest explorer you've never heard of. Key points: Zheng He has been promoted as a symbol of China's peaceful rise

PETALING JAYA: MCA is committed to promoting borderless knowledge-based economy and other initiatives under China's Belt and Road framework although it is no longer part of the ruling coalition in Malaysia. Its president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic) said…

BEIJING (Reuters) - China Investment Corp (CIC) on Friday said the Sino-U.S. trade war has made it more cautious about investing in the United States, after the Chinese sovereign wealth fund posted a dive in yearly profit. China and the United States are en…

Beijing is expanding its ability to influence societies around the world through its exercise of soft power. This is best exemplified by its Belt and Road Initiative, but there is another, more stealthy effort occurring along-side it that has potentially prof…

In recent research conducted by the Paulson Institute, it is clear that China is playing an increasing role in the expansion of green finance throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Using a combination of power politics, financing and infrastructu…