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Australia turns down China's overtures to deepen bilateral ties
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], April 25 (ANI): The ties between two countries have further strained as Australia cancelled agreements to participate in China's Belt and Road Initiative, terming it as "inconsistent with country's foreign policy."
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Australia says China-linked state deals cancelled on national interest gro
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], April 24 (ANI): Australia has said that a decision to cancel two deals between Victoria state and China on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was about ensuring consistency in foreign relations and was not aimed at any country.
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Refrain from making 'already seriously difficult' ties worse, says China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 22 (ANI): China on Thursday warned Australia to refrain from making the "already seriously difficult" bilateral ties worse after Canberra cancelled deals struck by the State of Victoria with Beijing on cooperation on the Belt and Road project.
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'Unreasonable, provocative': China after Australia scraps BRI agreement
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], April 22 (ANI): China has dubbed Australia's decision to scrap the controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreement with Beijing as "unreasonable and provocative", warning that this would further "damage to bilateral relations".
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Australia cancels state's Belt and Road deal with China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], April 21 (ANI): Australia has cancelled the controversial Belt and Road (BRI) agreement with China saying it goes against its national interest, in a decision that will further increase tensions between Canberra and Beijing.
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China's ambitious BRI project hindered by COVID-19, failure to pay debts
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 15 (ANI): China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with Beijing quietly scaling back the project, particularly in the emerging markets of Africa, due to banks being over-extended and loans not being repaid on
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Djibouti risks its autonomy amid Chinese infrastructure investment strateg
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Djibouti [Djibouti], April 11 (ANI): The relationship between Djibouti and China is a case study on how Beijing is using its global infrastructure investment strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative, to aggrandise its economic influence and strengthen its position as the top investor in Africa
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Iranians express scepticism about Beijing-Tehran strategic agreement
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], April 9 (ANI): Even though Iran and China signed a 25-year strategic cooperation agreement as part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), many Iranians remain sceptical about the deal on various points such as losing natural resources and the creation of a Chinese milita
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Calls grow for alternative to China's BRI as Beijing suffers severe reputa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 7 (ANI): Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) touted as a 'win-win' step over 140 targeted countries across the globe, recipient countries have realised that Beijing's aid was not as much of a kind gesture as they had hoped, hitting Bei
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China's debt-trap diplomacy: Pak to seek debt relief for power projects
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], February 25 (ANI): In China's debt-trap diplomacy, Pakistan is struggling to repay loans for power projects under President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and seeks to reschedule as much as USD 22 billion in outstanding credits.
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COVID-19 restrictions, other concerns affected China's BRI projects in 202
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 7 (ANI): About 15 Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects worth over USD 2.4 billion ran into trouble last year, according to a London-based think tank report.
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China-Pakistan spat over Belt and Road Initiative may delay CPEC summit, b
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): The annual bilateral summit of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been delayed due to a serious disagreement between Pakistan and China over the Belt and Road Initiative.
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