One Belt One Road

Under attack from the opposition in his own country for his ministers' remarks on India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has called China one of his nation's "closest allies and developmental partners".

The road transport ministry has issued draft rules to make it mandatory for car markers to install an alarm system for rear seat belts just like ones for seats in front.

A top Biden Administration official Friday said the US has put together a coalition of several countries to help India achieve its ambitious target of producing about 450 gigawatts of renewable power by 2030, costing around USD 600 billion.

Barring India, all other member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday reaffirmed their support to China's so-called "One Belt and One Road" (OBOR) project during a virtual meeting of the influential grouping.

India's decision not to endorse China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative in the SCO poses no threat to the bloc as its structure is democratic enough to allow a member country to opt-out of projects backed by others, its General-Secretary Vladimir Norov said.

The US has extended its support to India's opposition to China's ambitious One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, saying it shares New Delhi's concern over the multi-billion dollar project while questioning the economic rationale behind it.

China and Pakistan today agreed to further tighten military cooperation after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan ended his official talks with the Chinese leadership in Beijing. In a joint statement released as Mr Khan flew to Shanghai, China also came out in support of "Pakistan's efforts for improvement of Pakistan-India relations and for settlem...

China's ambitious "Belt and Road" projects are not a debt trap, and some countries' high debt levels are long-standing and not to be blamed on the initiative, a senior official at China's state planner said on Monday.

China wants to build houses and roads in Sri Lanka's north, much of which is in a state of disrepair nearly a decade after the end of civil war, Chinese and Sri Lankan officials said, in a bid to expand it influence beyond the island's south.

The US is looking at partnerships and not dominance in the Indo-Pacific region, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today as he unveiled a series of developmental initiatives, which many experts believe is to counter China's 'One Belt One Road' policy in the region.

A number of road projects in the $52 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor are facing hurdles as Pakistan's National Highway Authority faces a financial crisis, the Pakistani media reported today. Pakistan-based newspaper Dawncited sources as saying that contractors stopped work on several CPEC projects after their cheques worth over Rs 5 billio...

India continues to oppose the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a part of Beijing's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, as it "encroaches" on sovereignty and territorial integrity, a senior government official has said.

China has a plan to "isolate" India and Japan and project its power with an aim to control the Indian Ocean region, a US lawmaker warned on Thursday. Beijing, he said, has its eyes set on Taiwan, which it claims as part of China. The American lawmaker went on to say that Beijing's plan is to turn neighbouring country Taiwan into "a major nuclear an...

Beijing will not stress on India joining China's key Belt and Road infrastructure project, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou said today after an informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan

China failed to get India's support for its Belt and Road infrastructure project at the end of a foreign ministers' meeting of a major security bloc today, ahead of an ice-breaking trip to China this week by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Under attack from the opposition in his own country for his ministers' remarks on India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has called China one of his nation's "closest allies and developmental partners".

The road transport ministry has issued draft rules to make it mandatory for car markers to install an alarm system for rear seat belts just like ones for seats in front.

A top Biden Administration official Friday said the US has put together a coalition of several countries to help India achieve its ambitious target of producing about 450 gigawatts of renewable power by 2030, costing around USD 600 billion.

Barring India, all other member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday reaffirmed their support to China's so-called "One Belt and One Road" (OBOR) project during a virtual meeting of the influential grouping.

India's decision not to endorse China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative in the SCO poses no threat to the bloc as its structure is democratic enough to allow a member country to opt-out of projects backed by others, its General-Secretary Vladimir Norov said.

The US has extended its support to India's opposition to China's ambitious One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, saying it shares New Delhi's concern over the multi-billion dollar project while questioning the economic rationale behind it.

China and Pakistan today agreed to further tighten military cooperation after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan ended his official talks with the Chinese leadership in Beijing. In a joint statement released as Mr Khan flew to Shanghai, China also came out in support of "Pakistan's efforts for improvement of Pakistan-India relations and for settlem...

China's ambitious "Belt and Road" projects are not a debt trap, and some countries' high debt levels are long-standing and not to be blamed on the initiative, a senior official at China's state planner said on Monday.

China wants to build houses and roads in Sri Lanka's north, much of which is in a state of disrepair nearly a decade after the end of civil war, Chinese and Sri Lankan officials said, in a bid to expand it influence beyond the island's south.

The US is looking at partnerships and not dominance in the Indo-Pacific region, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today as he unveiled a series of developmental initiatives, which many experts believe is to counter China's 'One Belt One Road' policy in the region.

A number of road projects in the $52 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor are facing hurdles as Pakistan's National Highway Authority faces a financial crisis, the Pakistani media reported today. Pakistan-based newspaper Dawncited sources as saying that contractors stopped work on several CPEC projects after their cheques worth over Rs 5 billio...

India continues to oppose the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a part of Beijing's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, as it "encroaches" on sovereignty and territorial integrity, a senior government official has said.

China has a plan to "isolate" India and Japan and project its power with an aim to control the Indian Ocean region, a US lawmaker warned on Thursday. Beijing, he said, has its eyes set on Taiwan, which it claims as part of China. The American lawmaker went on to say that Beijing's plan is to turn neighbouring country Taiwan into "a major nuclear an...

Beijing will not stress on India joining China's key Belt and Road infrastructure project, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou said today after an informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan

China failed to get India's support for its Belt and Road infrastructure project at the end of a foreign ministers' meeting of a major security bloc today, ahead of an ice-breaking trip to China this week by Prime Minister Narendra Modi