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BEIJING (Reuters) - The European Economic Area wants to sign a memorandum of understanding on China’s Belt and Road initiative as a whole and not as individual states, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Friday. Altmaier, speaking on the sideline…

BEIJING (Reuters) - Britain is committed to help realize the potential of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday. Speaking at a summit in Beijing on China’s program to re-create the old Silk Road joini…

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s President Xi Jinping said on Friday the aim of his Belt and Road initiative is to advance win-win cooperation among countries and build a new platform for international trade, while also creating development opportunities for China…

The Belt and Road Initiative is fully in harmony with Hungarian interests, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday in Beijing, at talks with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. Ahead of the talks, Orban said it was a great “honor” to be invited to the se…

China is playing host to the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. China is playing host to the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation that began on Thursday in Beijing. Nearly 40 foreign leaders and representatives from…

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Beijing from Thursday (Apr 25) for five days to attend the second Belt and Road Forum and witness the signing of memorandums of understanding on bilateral cooperation between Singapore and China. Mr Lee's …

Malaysia was one of the most prominent skeptics of Chinas Belt-and-Road investments last year. This week, prime minister Mahathir Mohamad will be among the more than 30 leaders at the global infrastructure investment programs second summit in Beijing, a canny…

If you crave getting out into untamed nature, there likely isn't a better place to do it than Tanzania. A full 28% of the East African country lies in 16 protected national parks, as well as game and forest reserves, and other protected areas. Not even tha…

BEIJING, China  Chinese President Xi Jinpings grand Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is getting a makeover to tone down government rhetoric and tighten oversight, after allegations of corruption and a lack of sustainability dogged some of its highest-profile pr…

Delhi, which stayed away from the launch of the Forum in 2017 despite considerable pressure from Beijing, has announced that it will sit out again. As the second iteration of Chinas Belt and Road Forum convenes this week in Beijing, India has a strange karma…