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China's lending debacle: Development loans hit 13-year low
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has left scores of Lower and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) saddled with "hidden debts." China is using debt rather than aid to establish a dominant position in the international development finance market.
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Philippines wary of China's "predatory and opaque" investments
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Philippines must keep in mind that Chinese investments are known to be predatory and opaque in nature, with terms that are heavily skewed against the recipient country.
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China trying for global Buddhist support in selection of future Dalai Lama
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to TRC, China has stepped up its Buddhist outreach to Sri Lanka, which remains a major Buddhist nation and is also targeted by Beijing under its Debt-Trap Diplomacy.
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China threatening Sri Lanka to block potential visit by the Dalai Lama: Re
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This should be seen as another attempt by CCP at strengthening their position in the reincarnation debate of the Dalai Lama.
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War of words between China and US over Sri Lanka debt
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka slammed the US recently after an American diplomat called China a 'spoiler' to Sri Lanka's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a recent interview.
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Financial assistance from global community keeps Pakistan's economy afloat
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The country owes almost one-third of its external debt to China, which is facing criticism for its debt trap diplomacy globally. The Pakistan regime has always ignored the people of the country while spending huge amounts of money on acquiring military equipment.
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International airport built with Chinese assistance, donations inaugurated
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday inaugurated the country's third international airport, built in the backdrop of the Annapurna Mountain Range with Chinese loans and donations.
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Southeast Asia withheld China's attempts to economically breach sovereignt
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Southeast Asian countries have resiliently withheld China's attempts to economically breach their sovereignty and have harnessed the power of China's financial might to their own advantage, reported The Singapore Post.
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Nepal should gradually distance itself from China: Expert
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Satoru Nagao, a fellow (non-resident) at Hudson Institute in Tokyo, whose primary research area in US-Japan-India security cooperation, has advised Nepal to gradually distance itself from China.
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Myanmar now next in line in China's debt-trap diplomacy
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
China now uses the political instability of Myanmar as a cover to lure it into a trap and drain its natural resources
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Sri Lanka registers decline in crop yield, high food inflation rates follo
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In order to switch to organic fertilisers, Sri Lanka yet again relied on a Chinese company, only to get deceived in the end as the organic fertilizer supplied could not pass the two rounds of the National Plant Quarantine Services (NPQS) test due to high contamination.
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China's interference in democracies gets called out!
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Canada is reeling over Beijing's alleged spying and foreign interference in Canadian elections.
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