Belt and Road

Growing scholarly collaboration between China and Russia could signal a shift in the balance of power in global higher education, according to researchers who suggest that it could have significant implications for academic freedom in the region. Chinas pres…

PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON: Chinas massive Belt and Road infrastructure drive could speed up economic development and reduce poverty for dozens of developing countries, the World Bank said in a new report that called for deep policy reforms and more transpar…

Chinas massive Belt and Road infrastructure drive could speed up economic development and reduce poverty for dozens of developing countries, the World Bank said on Tuesday in a new report that called for deep policy reforms and more transparency for the initi…

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that close cooperation between Pakistan and China was a factor of peace and stability in the region. He was talking to General Han Weiguo, Commander People's Liberation Army (PLA) Ground Forces, who called on him. His office s…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinas massive Belt and Road infrastructure drive could speed up economic development and reduce poverty for dozens of developing countries, the World Bank said on Tuesday in a new report that called for deep policy reforms and more tra…

After four years in development, the London-Shanghai Stock Connect was opened by Chancellor Philip Hammond and Chinese Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua. Qualifying firms will now be able to sell shares through dual listings on both the Shanghai and London stock exchan…

At first, in her desperate calls home to her mother in Pakistan, Natasha Masih couldnt bring herself to say what they were doing to her. All the 19-year-old would say was that her new husband a Chinese man her family sold her off to in marriage was torturin…

With member states divided, the EU is pursuing a pragmatic approach vis-à-vis Chinas Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also raising some issues of concern, writes Fraser Cameron. Fraser Cameron is Director of the EU-Asia Centre. It is a pity that China did no…

From this author Mark W Menezes, the US undersecretary of energy, renamed LNG while announcing the DoEs approval of increased exports of the natural gas produced by Freeport LNG, a gas production facility off the coast of Texas. Although the shadow of Pakis…

Modi lands in Bishkek Thursday noon for the first multilateral visit in his second term as Prime Minister. He will attend a couple of bilateral meetings, including with Chinese President Xi Jinping (File photo) A DAY before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and P…