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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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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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China must consider environment effect, economic fragility for BRI project
Updated : 4 years, 8 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 foresees threat to BRI projects amid US drawdown from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 16 (ANI): China has sought to step up cooperation with Central Asian countries on security issues amid fears of a resurgence of terrorism in Afghanistan and subsequent threat to its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure projects in the region.
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China's BRI project losing face after Australia cancels deal with Beijing
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 2 (ANI): Australia's canelling of the controversial Belt and Road (BRI) agreement with China citing the deal as against its national interest, has posed as a 'loss of face' for President XI Jinping and could prompt other countries to back away from similar deals.
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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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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 challenging Vietnam dominance in Cambodia, Laos through BRI projects
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI): China has increasingly challenged Vietnam's dominance in Cambodia and Laos, primarily by leveraging Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects, said defence analyst Derek Grossman, adding that Hanoi will have to find alternative means of engaging its neighb
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UN must declare BRI projects between Pakistan and China as illegal, asks a
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 24 (ANI): A political activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir has demanded the United Nations to declared Belt and Road Initiative projects between China and Pakistan as illegal.
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China growing anxious as Myanmar proceeds cautiously with BRI projects: Re
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 9 (ANI): Chinese officials are growing anxious as Myanmar government is taking cautious steps regarding the implementation of already-delayed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects.
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China forcing citizens to work in 'horrendous conditions' on BRI projects:
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 26 (ANI): The United States on Thursday retained China in Tier-3 category (lowest ranking) of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its state-owned enterprises often force citizens to work in "horrendous condi
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