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China's influence reaches Caribbean, unsettling US: Report
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Amidst the tension between US-China, Beijing's influence has reached the Caribbean as the 10 nations of the region have participated in the "Belt and Road" initiative, which is a big issue for Washington DC.
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Pakistan: TTP's shadow province' threatens China BRI Projects
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to analysts, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) urge to control the country's south threatens to be a huge problem for restoring multibillion-dollar infrastructure projects under China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRO), reported Nikkei Asia.
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India playing role of bridge between Global South, developed democratic co
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
India has improved relations with the industrialised members of the Group of Seven (G7). This year, India participated in the G7 Summit in Japan and has been actively acting as a link between the Global South and the camp of developed democratic countries
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Japan, US, Australia collaborate on USD 95 mn undersea cable project to st
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In a move to counter China's expanding influence in the Indo-Pacific region, Japan has joined forces with the United States and Australia to sign an agreement on a USD 95 million undersea cable project.
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India needs to be wary of Chinese private security companies in Africa: Re
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
China is using an aggressive approach of employing Private Security Companies (PSCs) to mitigate the security risks for Chinese nationals in Africa. These PSCs are armed with sophisticated weapons and surveillance systems
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Change in China's stance on debt restructuring for Sri Lanka in 2023 unlik
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
China's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong invited Sri Lankan President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to China for a conference on China's Belt and Road initiative. Wickremesinghe might be trying to go to China to discuss debt restructuring.
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As decade-old 'Belt and Road' sags, China evolves onto other initiatives
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The BRI became a blue-ribbon project for Xi. Thus, his and, by extension, China's prestige became dependent on its success. Now, ten years on, China has had to tighten its belt and divert the road in new directions to keep the whole concept alive. and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, and the
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China only looks for profits, ignores climate while "developing" African o
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
When completed, the 1445 km long project from the Ugandan oilfields of Lake Albert is expected to deliver 216,000 barrels. It will be sent to worldwide markets after arriving at the port of Tanga in Tanzania's Indian Ocean.
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Chinese national, who secured fake passport with Sri Lanka minister's help
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Chinese man who was detained for entering Sri Lanka with a fraudulent passport acted aggressively and declared that he could not go back to China when he was taken to the airport to be deported, Sri Lanka Mirror reported citing the airport sources.
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China weaponizing investment on foreign soil as part of 'debt-trap diploma
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing in 2022, sponsored the first-ever Horn of Africa Peace, Good Governance, and Development Conference in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, which China's ruling Communist Party touted as a "model country" under its USD 126 billion Belt and Road initiative.
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Terrorist attacks put Pakistan's bid to import energy from Iran in jeopard
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Five Iranian border guards were killed in a clash on May 21 in Saravan, a town in Iran close to the Pakistani border.
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Impact of China's Belt and Road initiative on African countries
Updated : 2 years, 10 months 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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