Belt and Road

Four years ago, Italy became the first and only Group of Seven (G7) country to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). But now Rome is considering an exit from Beijing’s global infrastructure project spearheaded by Chinese leader Xí Jìnpíng 习近平. On July 30, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said…

Chinese state media on Saturday rejected a Western claim that developed nations were shunning the country's Belt and Road Forum, while saying most of the leaders invited this year were from developing nations. Critics see the ambitious Belt and Road initiative — billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to…

Chinese state media on Saturday rejected a Western claim that developed nations were shunning the country's Belt and Road Forum, while saying most of the leaders invited this year were from developing nations. Critics see the ambitious Belt and Road initiative - billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to…

Over the past 10 years, the construction of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has yielded fruitful win-win outcomes, creating a successful practice under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Produced by Xinhua Global Service Read More

The Italian government has some strong words of regret about its decision to join China’s transcontinental development project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). 'I saw these knuckleheads getting rich and I got FOMO' | Ben McKenzie on crypto fraud Signing up for Beijing’s flagship infrastructure and foreign policy effort…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) — part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative — was entering its second phase, but there were efforts by some countries to “bypass Pakistan in this process of connectivity”. “ I have no doubt that Pakistan and…

Italy signed up to the BRI under a previous government, becoming the only major Western country to have taken such a step Image Courtesy Reuters Italy made a “improvised and atrocious” decision when it joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) four years ago as it did little to boost…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis travels to the periphery of Roman Catholicism later this summer when he becomes the first pontiff to visit Mongolia, a Central Asian nation squeezed between Russia and China with just 1,500 Catholics. The visit is steeped in geopolitical significance as it will be closely…

China-Africa China-Africa Youth Forum Focuses on Innovation, Entrepreneurship The All-China Youth Federation is set to work with youth organisations in Africa to build China-Africa youth innovation and entrepreneurship projects under the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative of the Chinese government, establish partnership, and give top priority to youth development. Xu Xiao,…

The Belt and Road Initiative "is a hand up to us, not a handout," Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera said in an interview with Xinhua. China's achievement in pursuing high-quality development and economic growth is an example for Africa to learn from and emulate, said Chakwera who paid his first visit…