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Five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver killed while en route from Islamabad to dam construction siteSix people have been killed after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in north-west…
Read MoreInstead of acting as a responsible superpower, China is putting millions of lives at risk in the region and beyondMilitary coups and dictatorships rarely come to any good. But has any army takeover in recent times led to more utterly disastrous consequ…
Read MoreDecision of only G7 nation to join project reportedly communicated to Beijing three days agoItaly has formally notified China of its withdrawal from Beijing’s ambitious belt and road infrastructure initiative (BRI), a significant trade and infrastructu…
Read MoreCountry, estimated to be owed up to $1.5trn, is increasing penalties for late payments and cutting back on infrastructure projects China has become the world’s biggest debt collector, as the money it is owed from developing countries has surged to betw…
Read MoreDevelopment drive’s forum will focus on poorer countries as Xi’s relations with the west become increasingly frosty World leaders are gathering in Beijing for China’s belt and road initiative (BRI) forum, the third such event since the trademark global…
Read MoreIn the face of increasingly strained relations with the west, Beijing is attempting to build its influence in the global southRead the rest of the Peak China? series hereIt was a difficult summer for China’s leader, Xi Jinping. He was faced with natura…
Read MoreUS says it is disappointed prime minister Manasseh Sogavare will not attend Monday’s summit, amid race for influence with ChinaThe White House has said it is disappointed the Solomon Islands prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, will not attend a Pacific …
Read MoreTalks include Europe and UAE as Joe Biden flies to Delhi with aim of rivalling China’s Belt and RoadThe US, Saudi Arabia, India and other nations are discussing a possible infrastructure deal that could reconfigure trade between the Gulf and south Asia…
Read MoreRise in emergency financing for other countries since 2016 correlates with drop in infrastructure lendingChina spent $240bn (£195bn) bailing out countries struggling under their belt and road initiative debts between 2008 and 2021, new data shows.Resea…
Read MoreAs economic turmoil continues, Shehbaz Sharif accuses predecessor of leaving the country in ruins Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has accused the former premier Imran Khan of being the “the biggest liar on the face of the earth” and injectin…
Read MoreFunding still needs to be approved but could offer breathing space amid country’s economic turmoilThe International Monetary Fund has tentatively offered Sri Lanka a $2.9bn (£2.5bn) loan to help the country recover from the worst economic crisis since …
Read MoreSchools, stadiums or airports help the presidents of countries that receive cash from Beijing tighten their grip on powerChina’s financing of overseas projects has disproportionately benefited the core political supporters of incumbent presidents or pr…
Read MoreChina is pouring trillions into the developing world. It is, the artist and activist says, an audacious power grabThe landscapes in Davide Monteleone’s images of China’s belt and road initiative are very familiar to me. We can see desert, uninhabited w…
Read MoreFrom China backtracking on coal to Britain’s ‘chicken king’ calling for a rethink of food production, the virus has accelerated nationalist impulses towards autarkyWhen Xi Jinping promised the world’s movers and shakers in January 2017 that China would…
Read MoreAidData finds 42 low-to-middle income countries with ‘belt and road’ exposure exceeding 10% of GDPResearchers have identified debts of at least $385bn (£286bn) owed by 165 countries to China for ”belt and road initiative” (BRI) projects, with loans sys…
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