Belt and Road

Human rights activists are unhappy about a visit to China by the head of the United Nations. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is being accused of ignoring what activists say is the persecution of the Uighur Muslim minority. Guterres is currently in Bei…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Comac's first large passenger jet, the C919, carries out a test flight in Shanghai in 2017 For the past decade China, soon to become the world's largest aviation market, has been developing its own planes as it seek…

Giant concrete pylons rise from the Mekong River north of Luang Prabang, where a bridge is under construction. Ashley Westerman/NPR In Southeast Asia's only landlocked country, the Mekong River is a lifeline. From a slow boat heading up the river in the Lao…

Borrower nations participating in China’s Belt and Road Initiative will have a big say in whether its net effect helps the world meet the Paris Agreement’s carbon objectives or puts them forever out of reach. Climate experts who track China’s massive infrast…

NEW YORK: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said projects under China's Belt and Road Initiative can help bring economic development to areas in its region and also deal a major blow to “extremist terror” in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The minister …

China Pledges to Build 'Open' Financing System for Belt and Road