Belt and Road

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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…

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council unanimously agreed on Tuesday to extend a U.N. political mission in Afghanistan after last-minute talks overcame a Chinese threat to veto if there was no reference to Beijing’s global Belt and Roa…

UNITED NATIONS - China and Russia clashed with the U.S. and other Security Council members Monday over China's insistence on including a reference to Beijing's $1 trillion "belt and road" global infrastructure program in a resolution on the U.N. political mis…

China and the United States are deadlocked over a United Nations Security Council resolution to extend the world body's political mission in Afghanistan, with Beijing signalling it will cast a veto because there is no reference to its global Belt and Road inf…

The Lotus Tower, the tallest tower in South Asia in shape of a 356-meter lotus and built with Chinese funding, is seen during its launching ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka September 16, 2019. Picture taken through a window. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte Sri Lank…