Silk Road Project China

President Xi Jinping on Saturday hailed deals worth more than $64 billion signed during China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) this week as he sought to reassure sceptics the project will deliver sustainable growth for all involved.

The United States will not send high-level officials to attend China's second Belt and Road summit in Beijing this month, a spokesperson for the US State Department said on Tuesday, citing "concerns" about financing practices for the project.

Italy on Saturday signed a "non-binding" protocol with China to take part in Beijing's new "Silk Road" of transport and trade links stretching from Asia to Europe.In doing so, Italy became the first G7 country to sign up for the massive project

China aims to step up grain imports from countries linked by President Xi Jinping's project to create a modern-day Silk Road, seeking to diversify supply sources amid a trade war with the United States, a key cabinet researcher said on Wednesday.

Thanks to more than a trillion dollars of prospective investment-led by China's $800 billion Belt and Road Initiative linking countries stretching between East Asia and Europe-the Silk Road is rising again.

After lengthy delays, an $8.2 billion revamp of a colonial-era rail line snaking from the Arabian Sea has become a test of Pakistan's ability to rethink signature Chinese "Silk Road" projects due to debt concerns. The rail megaproject linking the coastal metropolis of Karachi to the northwestern city of Peshawar is China's biggest Belt and Road Ini...

China places a "high premium" on its relations with Pakistan and believes a key economic project will be successful, President Xi Jinping told Pakistan's army chief, days after a Pakistani minister stirred unease about Chinese Silk Road schemes

Pakistan's army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa began a three-day visit to China on Sunday, Pakistan's military said, days after a Pakistani minister stirred unease about Chinese Silk Road projects in the South Asian nation.

China's massive and expanding "Belt and Road" trade infrastructure project is running into speed bumps as some countries begin to grumble about being buried under Chinese debt.

Sri Lanka is a key component of China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, with Hambantota Port and Colombo Port City as the two flagship projects of cooperation between the two countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping today defended his ambitious multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative or BRI, claiming China has no "geo-political calculations" and that the project will benefit the world.

China on Friday outlined its ambitions develop shipping lanes opened up by global warming in the Arctic, extending President Xi Jinping's signature Belt and Road Initiative that India opposes due to its route through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday China and Europe should work together on Beijing's "Belt and Road" initiative, a project aiming to build a modern-day "Silk Road" he said could not be "one-way".

From a stalled Indonesian rail project to a terrorism-threatened economic corridor in Pakistan, China's push to revive Silk Road trade routes is running into problems that risk tarnishing the economic crown jewel of Xi Jinping's presidency

Remote and impoverished, Pakistan's Gwadar port at first glance seems an unlikely crown jewel in a multi-billion-dollar development project with China aimed at constructing a 21st century Silk Road.

President Xi Jinping on Saturday hailed deals worth more than $64 billion signed during China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) this week as he sought to reassure sceptics the project will deliver sustainable growth for all involved.

The United States will not send high-level officials to attend China's second Belt and Road summit in Beijing this month, a spokesperson for the US State Department said on Tuesday, citing "concerns" about financing practices for the project.

Italy on Saturday signed a "non-binding" protocol with China to take part in Beijing's new "Silk Road" of transport and trade links stretching from Asia to Europe.In doing so, Italy became the first G7 country to sign up for the massive project

China aims to step up grain imports from countries linked by President Xi Jinping's project to create a modern-day Silk Road, seeking to diversify supply sources amid a trade war with the United States, a key cabinet researcher said on Wednesday.

Thanks to more than a trillion dollars of prospective investment-led by China's $800 billion Belt and Road Initiative linking countries stretching between East Asia and Europe-the Silk Road is rising again.

After lengthy delays, an $8.2 billion revamp of a colonial-era rail line snaking from the Arabian Sea has become a test of Pakistan's ability to rethink signature Chinese "Silk Road" projects due to debt concerns. The rail megaproject linking the coastal metropolis of Karachi to the northwestern city of Peshawar is China's biggest Belt and Road Ini...

China places a "high premium" on its relations with Pakistan and believes a key economic project will be successful, President Xi Jinping told Pakistan's army chief, days after a Pakistani minister stirred unease about Chinese Silk Road schemes

Pakistan's army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa began a three-day visit to China on Sunday, Pakistan's military said, days after a Pakistani minister stirred unease about Chinese Silk Road projects in the South Asian nation.

China's massive and expanding "Belt and Road" trade infrastructure project is running into speed bumps as some countries begin to grumble about being buried under Chinese debt.

Sri Lanka is a key component of China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, with Hambantota Port and Colombo Port City as the two flagship projects of cooperation between the two countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping today defended his ambitious multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative or BRI, claiming China has no "geo-political calculations" and that the project will benefit the world.

China on Friday outlined its ambitions develop shipping lanes opened up by global warming in the Arctic, extending President Xi Jinping's signature Belt and Road Initiative that India opposes due to its route through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday China and Europe should work together on Beijing's "Belt and Road" initiative, a project aiming to build a modern-day "Silk Road" he said could not be "one-way".

From a stalled Indonesian rail project to a terrorism-threatened economic corridor in Pakistan, China's push to revive Silk Road trade routes is running into problems that risk tarnishing the economic crown jewel of Xi Jinping's presidency

Remote and impoverished, Pakistan's Gwadar port at first glance seems an unlikely crown jewel in a multi-billion-dollar development project with China aimed at constructing a 21st century Silk Road.