Brussels [Belgium], June 9 (ANI): The Chinese loans to Africa tend to decline during times of crisis and the loan commitment dipped in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beijing [China], June 3 (ANI): China is looking to expand its trade and investment in various sectors including high-tech, energy, maritime and life sciences and health sectors in Europe, especially in the Netherlands, according to a media report.
Beijing [China], May 27 (ANI): Notwithstanding the strong economic linkages between Kazakhstan and China, the bilateral relationship is apparently facing serious challenges, which could negatively impact Chinese enterprises.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 21 (ANI): China and Pakistan -- often touted as the 'Iron Brothers' -- have enjoyed cordial relations for the past few years. However, things are changing as the promised benefits of Chinese investment have failed to materialize.
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], May 12 (ANI): Pakistan is surreptitiously leasing out the Upper Hunza Valley to China in the near future to ease its mounting debt burden from the Chinese investment in the now increasingly burdensome China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
Baghdad [Iraq], April 26 (ANI): China is exploiting the security vacuum in Iraq that was created after US's withdrawal from the West Asian country, with its companies aligning with militia groups to gain a strong foothold in the oil industry of the country, a media report said.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka's current economic crisis does not seem to slow down due to its major dependence on Chinese loans as well as its inability to repay debt amid a state of emergency and intense protests in the island nation.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 8 (ANI): In order to spread its strategic design in the Indian sub-continent, China is moving to enter Bangladeshi infrastructure development through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Washington [US], April 5 (ANI): The US has realized that China is cutting lucrative deals in South America as more nations are joining China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Nairobi [Kenya], March 30 (ANI): Kenya is facing an uncertain future amid the cheap influx of Chinese goods as handmade kitchen products, which are the livelihoods of a large population of Kenyan artisans, are losing their earnings.
Beijing [China], March 29 (ANI): Chinese state-owned oil major Sinopec has hit the brakes on its investment plans in Russia as firms assess the impact of the severe Western sanctions on their investments, a media report said.
Kathmandu [Nepal], March 23 (ANI): Amid a growing discontent in Nepal against Chinese investments and interference, Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang Yi will arrive on a three-day visit to the Himalayan country starting March 25.