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China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian nation, as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbour increasingly isolated by the West.But no major new projects were agreed during the two-day visit by President Xi Jinping, the first…

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China and Myanmar on Saturday inked 33 deals aimed at speeding up key infrastructure projects to provide Beijing a stepping stone to the Indian Ocean after a meeting between President Xi Jinping and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, as the Communist nation r…

By: Reuters | Naypyitaw | Published: January 18, 2020 5:15:34 pm Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, January 18, 2020. (Reuters)China and Myanmar inked do…

The Raging Twenties started with a bang with the targeted assassination of Irans General Qasem Soleimani. Yet a bigger bang awaits us throughout the decade: the myriad declinations of the New Great Game in Eurasia, which pits the US against Russia, China and…

By Sam Aung Moon MYITKYINA, Myanmar (Reuters) - The streets of Myanmars capital Naypyitaw were festooned with banners celebrating 70 years of Myanmar-China relations ahead of the arrival of President Xi Jinping on Friday for his first visit to the Southeast …

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a scathing assessment of China in its 2020 World Report on Tuesday, accusing Beijing of using its economic and diplomatic leverage to carry out the "most intense attack" ever on the international system for protecting human rig…

At Matador Network, we want you to hop onto trains, ride ferries, and catch flights to a new and exciting destination as often as you can. But the reality is that there’s only so much traveling one can do. So, if money, responsibility, or time get in the way …

New Delhi (Sputnik): The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project under Beijings Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), aims to enhance bilateral ties between the two countries through a planned network of roads and railways that would link Xinjia…

By Sebastien Canderle, an investment consultant, a lecturer at Imperial College London, and the author of Private Equitys Public Distress The Trump administration has shown much resistance to Huaweis and ByteDances American expansion due to the risks the for…