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"Leaving Silk Road Doesn't Compromise China Ties," Says Italy PM: Report
Leaving Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) also known as Silk Road doesn't compromise relations with China, but the decision still has to be taken, Italian PM Georgia Meloni said on Sunday, the Italian media, Corriere della Sera daily reported.
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Italy Becomes First G7 Country To Sign China's "Silk Road" 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
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How To Travel The New, $800 Billion Silk Road: 65 Countries, Easy Visas
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.
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Idle Cranes At Kazakh Port Reveal Something About China's New Silk Route
With the outlines of its six idle cranes obscured by thick fog and pouring rain, Kazakhstan's Caspian seaport Aktau seems an unlikely stop on China's much-hyped new silk road.
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As Western Banks Leave, China Adds Brunei To New Silk Road
On a tiny island off Brunei's northern tip on the South China Sea, thousands of Chinese workers are building a refinery and petrochemical complex, along with a bridge connecting it to the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan.
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China Plans 'Polar Silk Road' Across Arctic In Project India Protests
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.
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China's Project, Crown Jewel Of Xi Jinping's Presidency, Hits The Buffers
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
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US, India To Revive 'New Silk Road' Seen As Counter To China's Belt And Road Project
The US has revived two major infrastructure projects in South and Southeast Asia in which India would be a vital player, a move that could potentially act as a counter to China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative. The Trump administration has resuscitated the 'New Silk Road' initiative, first announced by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping's $500 Billion Push To Reshape The World In China's Image
China is one of the few countries in the world today with money to spend, and Xi Jinping is ready to write some cheques.
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First Direct London-China Freight Train Completes 12,000-Kilometre Run
The first freight train to link China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after covering over 12,000-kilometres (7,500 miles), making it the second-longest route in the world.
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Look At 'China First' Policy - From Maritime Silk Route To One Belt One Road
As China's economic growth slows down to 6.5% for this financial year, and its domestic demand slumps - it is pushing hard to expand its industry and investment beyond its boundaries, especially in steel, concrete, housing and infrastructure sectors. The country is also trying to change the pivot to a "China First" policy of economic relations with...
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Kuwait's 22-Mile Bridge, Cost $3 Billion, Is Nearly Complete
Kuwait is building one of the world's longest causeways to its remote north where it will pump billions into "Silk City", aiming to revive the ancient Silk Road trade route.
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German Rail Giant Steps Up 'Silk Road' Freight Line To China
German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn said Thursday it planned to significantly ramp up cargo transport to China following a record year, using the world's longest train line in a modern-day revival of the Silk Road route.
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Indian Travel Startup Embarq Organises Silk Route Road Trip In Kyrgyzstan
Embarq, a travel startup, has launched its 'Silk Route' a weeklong, guided, motorcycle and self-drive car road trip in the scenic Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan.
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Along The New Silk Road, A City Built On Sand Is A Monument To China's Problems
Lanzhou New Area, a 315-square-mile wasteland of empty buildings, epitomizes what is wrong with China's economic model, experts say, as debt rises to alarming levels while the government pushes projects that make little or no commercial sense.
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"Leaving Silk Road Doesn't Compromise China Ties," Says Italy PM: Report
Leaving Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) also known as Silk Road doesn't compromise relations with China, but the decision still has to be taken, Italian PM Georgia Meloni said on Sunday, the Italian media, Corriere della Sera daily reported.
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Italy Becomes First G7 Country To Sign China's "Silk Road" 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
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How To Travel The New, $800 Billion Silk Road: 65 Countries, Easy Visas
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.
-
Idle Cranes At Kazakh Port Reveal Something About China's New Silk Route
With the outlines of its six idle cranes obscured by thick fog and pouring rain, Kazakhstan's Caspian seaport Aktau seems an unlikely stop on China's much-hyped new silk road.
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As Western Banks Leave, China Adds Brunei To New Silk Road
On a tiny island off Brunei's northern tip on the South China Sea, thousands of Chinese workers are building a refinery and petrochemical complex, along with a bridge connecting it to the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan.
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China Plans 'Polar Silk Road' Across Arctic In Project India Protests
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.
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China's Project, Crown Jewel Of Xi Jinping's Presidency, Hits The Buffers
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
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US, India To Revive 'New Silk Road' Seen As Counter To China's Belt And Road Project
The US has revived two major infrastructure projects in South and Southeast Asia in which India would be a vital player, a move that could potentially act as a counter to China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative. The Trump administration has resuscitated the 'New Silk Road' initiative, first announced by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping's $500 Billion Push To Reshape The World In China's Image
China is one of the few countries in the world today with money to spend, and Xi Jinping is ready to write some cheques.
-
First Direct London-China Freight Train Completes 12,000-Kilometre Run
The first freight train to link China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after covering over 12,000-kilometres (7,500 miles), making it the second-longest route in the world.
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Look At 'China First' Policy - From Maritime Silk Route To One Belt One Road
As China's economic growth slows down to 6.5% for this financial year, and its domestic demand slumps - it is pushing hard to expand its industry and investment beyond its boundaries, especially in steel, concrete, housing and infrastructure sectors. The country is also trying to change the pivot to a "China First" policy of economic relations with...
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Kuwait's 22-Mile Bridge, Cost $3 Billion, Is Nearly Complete
Kuwait is building one of the world's longest causeways to its remote north where it will pump billions into "Silk City", aiming to revive the ancient Silk Road trade route.
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German Rail Giant Steps Up 'Silk Road' Freight Line To China
German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn said Thursday it planned to significantly ramp up cargo transport to China following a record year, using the world's longest train line in a modern-day revival of the Silk Road route.
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Indian Travel Startup Embarq Organises Silk Route Road Trip In Kyrgyzstan
Embarq, a travel startup, has launched its 'Silk Route' a weeklong, guided, motorcycle and self-drive car road trip in the scenic Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan.
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Along The New Silk Road, A City Built On Sand Is A Monument To China's Problems
Lanzhou New Area, a 315-square-mile wasteland of empty buildings, epitomizes what is wrong with China's economic model, experts say, as debt rises to alarming levels while the government pushes projects that make little or no commercial sense.
