Kathmandu, [Nepal] August 8 (ANI): Nepal, a landlocked country of some 29 million people, is located between two giant economies China and India. Due to its strategic location, Beijing has been consistently endeavouring to expand its influence in the Himalayan nation.
Beijing [China], August 7 (ANI): The slow investment in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects establishes the fact that Beijing is dealing with an economic downfall as the investment projects in the 147 countries went down in the first half of this year and it is likely to decline further.
Brussels [Belgium], August 5 (ANI): Amid changing geopolitics due to the Ukraine war and COVID-19 pandemic, China has slowed down its investments in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): Merged with a debt trap, the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative has jolted the financial stability of many other countries including Pakistan which faces a severe deficit in trade balance with Beijing.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): Pakistan and China are mulling the possibility of extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan, a development that may prove to be a security concern for India.
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], July 19 (ANI): As the world is urging Myanmar to implement the peace process outlined by ASEAN, China is busy playing a spoiler in the democratic, and peace process in the Southeast Asian country.
Beijing [China], July 17 (ANI): China neglected the atrocities on pro-democracy protestors in Myanmar during China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi's bilateral meeting with Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin.
Xinjiang [China], July 17 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Xinjiang this week for the first time since 2014, stressing upholding the principle of developing Islam in the Chinese context.
Vientiane [Laos], July 17 (ANI): Laos, a south-east Asian nation is on the edge of default after building a China-financed high-speed train, giving new momentum to 'debt trap' diplomacy criticism.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Chabahar port of Iran and Gwadar port of Pakistan, being only 70 km away from each other on the Arabian sea, share many geographical similarities and advantages, however, they do not necessarily share a similar outlook.
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had recently accepted the fact that the island nation is participating in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a "bankrupt country."
Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): Almost a decade after Beijing initiated China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), as the flagship of the Belt and Road Initiative, the issue of security has been plaguing the project since its inception in 2015, and it persists even today.