Silk Road

(Reuters) - China’s state-owned entities are in talks about investing $5 billion to $10 billion in Saudi oil giant Aramco’s planned initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Beijing-based Silk Road Fun…

ISTANBUL The first Chinese freight train traveling the ChinaRailway Express line from Xi'an, China to Europe crossed under Istanbul's Bosporus Strait on Nov. 7 morning after setting off from Ankara a day earlier. The train crossed into Europe using Istanbul…

India officially refused to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) following several days of heated negotiations on the issue during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Bangkok. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is rep…

The second-biggest gold mine in Europe could be about to make investors rich. Its a story that began over 2,000 years ago when the Romans dug up $16.8 billion in gold in Romania… Using only hammers and buckets. But now, a little company with a big dream is…

The visit of new Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to Moscow from 5-7 November along with a 50-member military-technical business delegation will continue the trend of improving Russian-Indian defense ties after their comparative weakening over the past f…

The interview that Russian Prime Minister Medevedev gave to the Bangkok Post during his recent visit to Thailand to attend the ASEAN Summit there served to remind everyone of Russia’s skepticism towards the US’ “Indo-Pacific” concept, which he believes reduce…

President of China, Xi Jinping arrives in London, 19 October 2015. By Foreign and Commonwealth Office (China State Visit) , via Wikimedia Commons Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Time Magazine, China is increasingly participating i…

BANGKOK, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China pledged on Sunday to synergize development plans and work together to promote connectivity in the region, according to a statement issued at the 22nd ASEAN-Chin…

Chinese officials are upping their efforts to endear themselves to the Saudi royal family—a move to develop closer business ties with the cash-rich kingdom and its ruler Mohammed bin Salman as relations with the U.S. falter and President Trump advocates major…

Perched on the ochre scrub of Argentina’s sunbaked Puna Jujeña plateau, the $400 million Cauchari power station is the world’s highest-altitude solar farm at 13,000 ft (about 4,000 meters) above sea level. In Kenya’s volcano-strewn Rift Valley, a newly green-…