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China ready to help Afghanistan realise peace and stability: Minister
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang, during a meeting with Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister in Islamabad under the caretaker Taliban regime, said China will always stand firmly with the Afghan people and support Afghanistan in pursuing a development
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Indonesia becomes more reliant on China, likely to face Sri Lanka-type deb
Updated : 2 years, 10 months 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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South Pacific attractive destination for Chinese investments due to abunda
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to AICIS, the region witnessed heavy Chinese investments in infrastructure projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that included roads, bridges, ports and airports, which some observers in the region allege are intended to improve trade and transportation links between Ch
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China's BRI and 'Debt Trap Diplomacy' in African countries
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
More than 200 BRI cooperation agreements had been signed by 140 nations at the start of 2021, serving as frameworks for Chinese businesses to construct infrastructure projects like ports, railways, power plants, and telecommunication networks using low-interest Chinese loans to host countrie
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China's Global Security Initiative driven by strategic, commercial conside
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Unveiled in 2022 and further elaborated in a concept paper by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in February 2023, the GSI is an ambitious narrative that complements China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Global Development Initiative (GDI).
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Indonesia worries about whether it might fall into Sri Lanka-like debt tra
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Indonesia is worried over the possibility of falling into a debt trap like Sri Lanka by China as the country has seen complaints about the decision to go with China over Japan to build a high-speed railway, reported Nikkei Asia.
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Real test of China as Middle East power broker yet to come
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The global perception of China taking a more active stance in world politics may be something of an exaggeration. China is happy to take advantage of enhancing trade cooperation with all parties while not taking any sides on sensitive issues.
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Nepal-China diplomatic consultation: China promotes GDI after Nepal's sile
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
After Nepal did not take any official interest in China's ambitious project Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the military alliance Global Security Initiative (GSI), it has put forward a plan to expand its influence in Nepal through the Global Development Initiative (GDI) launched by Presid
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Italy to curtail Chinese influence over tyre maker Pirelli
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Italian officials are currently discussing several options, as part of talks with Pirelli investors over the company's ownership structure as Sinochem is Pirelli's largest shareholder.
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China's Belt and Road initiative loses credibility in Bangladesh
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to Nepali newspaper, the observers believed that the BRI's projects results in Sri Lanka and Pakistan has weighed heavily in Bangladesh PM's brain.
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China's developmental projects impacts climate, environment: Experts
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, organised by the Organisation for Poverty Alleviation and Development and European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), experts highlighted the construction of highways, buildings and dams in Gilgit B
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Chinese debt trap hurdles Zambia's progress: Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Zambia is under a heavy debt burden, and the post-Covid economic recovery is slow. In such a situation, it is difficult to upgrade the dilapidated road connecting its mining sites to export destinations in the lack of funds to build infrastructure, Africa Daily Digital reported.
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