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Nepal engulfed in China's debt trap over Pokhara airport deal: NYT Report
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The airport's construction was part of China's grand ambitions, aligning with President Xi Jinping's signature infrastructure campaign, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which promised substantial investments in infrastructure projects worldwide.
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Leaving Silk Road does not compromise its relations with China: Italian PM
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Leaving the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) also known as Silk Road does not compromise relations with China, but the decision still has to be taken, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said on Sunday, the Italian media, Corriere della Sera daily reported.
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Italy's defence minister calls his country’s decision to join China’s BRI
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The defence minister of Italy has referred to his country's choice to join a major Chinese infrastructure project Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as "wicked." The present Italian Government is considering whether to keep participating in the scheme, CNN reported.
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China's BRI aims to build military, economic and political hegemony in Sou
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
This key geopolitical issue has been given added prominence, noted TDF President Lord Bruce, by the recent ASEAN conference in Indonesia, during which Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi highlighted the systemic difficulties undermining trust between member states and the ‘sharpening r
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Nepal: China launches five "Silk Roadster" projects under Belt and Road In
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Nepal ratified the BRI's framework agreement in 2017. Six years later, however, not a single project from the programme has begun in Nepal, despite the fact that the government has chosen nine projects to be carried out under the framework. Chinese officials said that the platform was a nove
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Nepal Foreign Minister rejects Chinese claim of airport being built under
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Earlier this week, China's statement that the Pokhara International Airport is its flagship project in Nepal under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) came as a surprise. Since then, confusion gripped Nepal's diplomatic circles after China is unilaterally listing one project after another in
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Why is China unilaterally placing projects in Nepal under its Belt and Roa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu, on the other hand, claims that no BRI projects have been carried out in Nepal
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Impact of China's Belt and Road initiative on African countries
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Despite China asserting time and again that Africa has benefitted from Beijing's infrastructure projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the adverse impacts of them are seen on the country's environment as well as the economy.
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Agreements must be respected, but reciprocity, equal dignity are also impo
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Giulio Terzi, a former Foreign Minister of Italy, while speaking on Europe's stance on China's expansionist policies like Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has said that treaties and agreements must be respected, but another factor is just as crucial: the issue of reciprocity and equal dignity
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Concerns over Belt and Road Initiative's lack of momentum in Nepal: Report
Updated : 3 years ago IST
China had nothing to show for a real project for six years of the signing of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Nepal. That changed after the inauguration of Pokhara International Airport earlier this year when China announced to keep the airport built with Chinese aid under the BRI fra
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Chinese security concerns in Pakistan derail CPEC
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Pakistan was amongst the first countries to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of which the CPEC was called the 'flagship'. However, despite being claimed to be a 'game-changer' for the Pak economy, the umbrella of projects has struggled to keep up with its timeline.
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Indonesia becomes more reliant on China, likely to face Sri Lanka-type deb
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia has grown its debt to China over time and used more Chinese yuan in its international trade. Indonesia will find it more challenging to fend off China's escalating aggression in the South China Sea as it becomes more dependent on China, Nepal-
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