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Is Laos next in line to fall victim to China's debt trap diplomacy?
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A recent report suggests that the country's debt has nearly doubled, reaching USD 950 million in 2023, up from USD 507 million in 2022. The majority of this debt is owed to China, according to local news outlet, The Laotian Times.
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China’s long arm: Rights lawyer tries to flee to US, held in Laos; faces r
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Lu Siwei, who belonged to a rare and increasingly besieged group that took sensitive cases to defend rights activists and political pariahs, is now facing the threat of deportation in Laotian custody.
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Chinese lawyer travelling to US detained at Thailand border
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Advocates for Lu in Laos were hopeful they could secure a quick release after he was detained two weeks ago near Thanaleng train station, on the border with Thailand. Laotian authorities initially said it was a paperwork issue. But on Wednesday, after a week of appeals by human rights groups
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China-based firm's plans to build Buddha statue in Mahayana tradition in L
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 16 (ANI): A China-based company's plans to build a 100-metre statue of the Buddha in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition on the Mekong river bank in Vientiane, Laos has sparked anger among the local citizens as most of them follow the Thervada tradition of Buddhism.
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PM Modi, Laotian counterpart hold bilateral talks
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met with his Laotian counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith here.
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