Page 2 - China's Belt And Road Initiative
China announces plans to seek global partners to fund its BRI projects
China will be holding the second Belt and Road Forum in April, which Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated would be bigger than the one held in 2017.
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Is China's Belt and Road a bold infrastructure vision, or a slush fund?
China's flagship foreign-policy initiative is closer to a branding exercise than a master plan for geopolitical domination
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Why Chinese repression in Xinjiang could be belt and road's stumbling block
A police state full of brutal reeducation camps in Xinjiang will merely provoke a terrifying backlash - and the Belt and Road will be among the casualties
China may use Belt and Road initiative for electronic surveillance: Report
According to the Council on Foreign Relations, that infrastructure can be used to help Beijing gain information
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Malaysia seeks 'drastic' price cut in $20 bn China backed rail link project
Malaysia's new government has axed a high-speed rail line to Singapore because it is too costly and is reviewing other large infrastructure projects financed by China
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China's BRI could increase global trade by 12%, halve trading costs: ING
Nations in central Asia and eastern Europe could benefit the most -- an estimated 35 per cent to 45 per cent growth in trade.
For nations eyeing Chinese Belt & Road money, Lanka has some costly lessons
Government officials and financial experts show that mitigating the risks is key to maximizing opportunities
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OBOR initiative could be sticking point in Indo-China ties: Experts
Officials say Chinese investment flows into India have been affected as China has been routing all its external investments in recent years only under the BRI
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Only country to oppose China's Belt and Road Initiative is India: US expert
During a hearing of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Andrew Small said India has drawn those red lines in Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bangladesh
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Russia throws weight behind China's Belt and Road, urges India to join
India is strongly opposed to an economic corridor that China is building in Pakistan that runs through disputed Kashmir
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