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One-third of BRI projects facing major implementation problems: Report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China] October 3 (ANI): At least one-third of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects have run into major implementation problems due to factors such as corruption scandals, labour violations, environmental hazards, and public protests.
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China's BRI left several countries saddled with 'hidden debts': report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 30 (ANI): China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has left scores of lower- and middle-income countries (LMIC) saddled with "hidden debts" totalling USD 385 billion, according to new research.
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EU's Global Gateway to challenge China's BRI
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 29 (ANI): To compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the European Union has recently launched the Global Gateway, a new infrastructure development scheme.
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Xi promotes 'dialogue, cooperation' at UNGA, says won't build coal plants
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 22 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday (local time) that disputes among countries "need to be handled through dialogue and cooperation."
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Beijing finds itself cornered by African countries as they cancel China-le
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 21 (ANI): China is increasingly finding itself being cornered by African countries on investment-related matters with several of them cancelling their contracts with Chinese companies, according to a media report.
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China's national interests remain paramount, Beijing tells Taliban: Report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 8 (ANI): The Chinese government seems to have defined terms and conditions to the Taliban for Beijing's support in forming a new government in Afghanistan, said a Chinese dissident Jianli Yang.
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Taliban's victory in Afghanistan complicates Pakistan-China relations
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 7 (ANI): From politicians to cricketers to Islamists, Pakistan is celebrating the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. But Islamabad's all-weather ally Beijing is flexing its muscles for access to Kabul to extend its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (
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China's BRI project causing environmental degradation in South Asia, says
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 26 (ANI): While China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promises to create opportunities for the South Asian states to facilitate a more sustainable growth model, it also implies significant environmental risks, apart from economic, legal and sovereignty issue
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To appease China, Pakistan appoints new Belt & Road chief
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): Pakistan has replaced the chief of Belt and Road projects in an attempt to lure China as the appointed energy expert is close to Beijing, media reports said on Monday.
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Western Balkans increasingly important pit-stop in Chinese Digital Silk Ro
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Belgrade [Serbia], August 5 (ANI): Over the past decade, Western Balkans have become an increasingly important pit-stop in the Chinese Digital Silk Road, a crucial element of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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China puts hold on multiple projects in Pakistan after 9 Chinese engineers
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan] July 22 (ANI): After nine Chinese engineers lost their lives in the bus attack, Beijing has postponed its high-level joint committee for the Belt and Road Initiative halting a billion-dollar hydropower project in Pakistan.
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Bangladesh resists 'debt-trap' of China, avoids Belt and Road Initiative h
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 11 (ANI): Unlike Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh has conducted prudent macro-economic management in order to not fall into any 'debt trap' of China and has avoided the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) heavy-handedness!
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