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US withdrawal from Afghanistan raises risk of jihadist attacks in China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): China's Afghan policy after the 9/11 attacks has been focused on 'curtailing the growth of terrorists and ensuring stability to expand its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to Afghanistan'. However, the abrupt change following the US withdrawal is likely to incre
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China must consider environment effect, economic fragility for BRI project
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 20 (ANI): Highlighting environmental concerns, a new study in China argues that the majority of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investment should go to countries in southern and southeast Asia due to fewer risks that threaten economic development.
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China gets veiled rebuke from Japan, Australia over 'economic coercion'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cornwall [UK], June 14 (ANI): In a veiled rebuke against China's assertive behaviour in connection with trade with Australia, Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Sunday expressed strong opposition to "economic coercion".
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India says will study Biden's infrastructure plan that rivals China's Belt
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): India has said that it will study the US President Joe Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ global infrastructure initiative proposal announced at the G7 summit as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road (BRI).
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G7 leaders adopt B3W partnership to counter China's BRI
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): US President Joe Biden and other Group of Seven (G7) leaders on Saturday launched the 'Build Back Better World' (B3W) partnership for meeting the infrastructure needs of low and middle-income countries as parts of efforts to counter China's Belt and Road Initi
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US, Japan, Australia reviving 'Blue Dot' to provide alternative to China's
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's administration, along with the Japanese and Australian governments, are reviving the 'Blue Dot Network' infrastructure initiative to provide an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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China-backed projects in Africa face intense backlash over environmental t
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): Dozens of China-backed and funded projects in Africa, most of them developed as part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), continue to face intense backlash from communities and environmentalists who accuse the developers of destroying ecosystems in purs
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Chinese investments across South Asia continue to face significant resista
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 27 (ANI): Even after four decades of robust external economic engagement and over seven years since its flagship project Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched, Chinese investments in South Asia continue to generate resistance from member countries.
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Chinese Communist Party by far 'most active' in trying to influence Austra
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 24 (ANI): Australian intelligence has identified about 500 recent incidents of covert foreign agents interfering in the country's domestic politics with officials saying that the Chinese Community Party (CCP) is by far the "most active" in trying to influence politi
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Myanmar's military regime reorganises committees to implement projects rel
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 20 (ANI): In a move that shows closeness of Myanmar's military regime with China, Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) on Tuesday reorganized three crucial committees to move ahead with plans to implement giant infrastructure projects that are a key part of China's Belt and R
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Chinese investment in Australian property market declines amid tensions
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): The escalating tensions between Canberra and Beijing have dampened the Chinese interest in Australian property and investments have declined by 29 per cent in 2020, according to data from Real Capital Analytics (RCA).
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China fears US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan could lead to rise in ter
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 16 (ANI): China wants Central Asian countries to get involved in its Belt and Road Initiative, but fears that US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan could lead to a rise in terrorism in the region and affect its plans.
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