Belt and Road Initiative – Page 21 – Asia Times

A woman walks in front of a toppled mosque at ground zero, or the main battle area, in Marawi City in the southern Philippines on May 23, 2017. Photo: Photo: AFP Forum/Girlie Linao

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Battle-scarred Marawi still suffering wounds of war

by Bong S Sarmiento October 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) upon arrival at the Akasaka Palace state guest house to attend the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo on October 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Issei Kato

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Japan offers ‘quality’ alternative to China’s BRI

by Bertil Lintner October 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Weeks of shuttle diplomacy between Beijing and Washington have yielded nothing. Illustration: iStock

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Trade war with China represents persisting US concerns

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 18, 2018

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 7, 2017 Maldives' President Abdulla Yameen (L) and China's President Xi Jinping listen to their national anthems during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Back when he was a mild-mannered civil servant, few in the Maldives predicted Abdulla Yameen would one day run the country, let alone with an iron grip, locking up judges, his rivals and even his 80-year-old half-brother. / AFP PHOTO / Fred DUFOUR

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Unclenching China’s talons in Maldives is no easy task for India

by Prakash Katoch October 16, 2018

Ethnic Uighurs take part in a protest march asking the European Union to call upon China to respect human rights in the Chinese Xinjiang region and the closure of "re-education centers" where some Uighurs are detained, during a march in Brussels, April 27, 2018. Photo:AFP/ Emmanuel Dunand

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Mahathir puts Uighur rights above China ties

by Nile Bowie October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar. Photo: Wikipedia

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Pakistan’s IMF plea a symptom of China’s debt-trap diplomacy

by Ali Salman Andani October 15, 2018

China flag with china paper currency. Image: iStock

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How Chinese politics are returning to the Middle East

by Sam Chester October 12, 2018October 12, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping look out over East Lake in Wuhan in this photo taken on April 28, 2018. Their talk aimed to reduce border tensions but it appears to have had limited effect. Photo: AFP/ govt handout

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Shadows of mistrust persist in India-China relations

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 10, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte's needs Chinese financing to build the US$4 billion Mindanao Railway. Photo: Reuters/Wu Hong

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China leaves Duterte’s dream train at the station

by Bong S Sarmiento October 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa (2R), Pakistani Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi (C), Pakistani Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan (top-R) and Pakistani Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Zubair Mahmood Hayat (2L) arrive to receive Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2018.Pakistan National Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution, when a separate nation for the Muslims of The British Indian Empire was demanded on March 23, 1940. / AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI

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Can Pakistani military diplomacy achieve foreign policy goals?

by Atta Rasool Malik October 6, 2018

Shanghai and computer connectivity. Image: iStock

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New Silk Roads define brand China

by Pepe Escobar October 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (right) and Maldives' self-exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed (left) attend a meeting at Mount Lavinia, a suburb of Colombo, on August 27, 2018. Solih has since been elected president of Maldives. Photo: AFP / Ishara S Kodikara

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Tightrope walk for incoming Maldivian president

by Gunjan Singh October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

People react as they see the body of Nasir Shafi, 11, who according to local residents was shot by Indian security forces during a protest on Friday evening in Theed on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

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Conflict resolution must focus on human suffering

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 3, 2018October 3, 2018

Conflict between USA and China. Image: iStock

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Are the US and China on the brink of a cold war?

by Mark Valencia October 2, 2018

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi addresses the media on his first day at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad on August 20, 2018. Photo: AFP / Farooq Naeem

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Pakistan makes its case at UN General Assembly

by Zamir Awan October 1, 2018

A China Railway Express train running from Weihai, China, to Duisburg, Germany in 2017. Freight trains have made more than 9,000 trips since the line opened in 2017. Photo: AFP/Imagine China

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Europe prefers market driven connectivity over Belt and Road

by Emanuele Scimia September 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen votes at a polling station in the capital Male on September 23, 2018. Photo: AFP/Presidential Handout.

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Maldives teeters towards post-election chaos

by Bertil Lintner September 28, 2018February 18, 2020

President Xi Jinping's economic policies have been questioned. Photo: AFP/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik

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Backlash against China could jeopardize its ‘free ride’

by Brahma Chellaney September 28, 2018

Like traditional Chinese Opera, what you see and what you get are two different things when it comes to Beijing's rhetoric and actions. Photo: iStock

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Peeling away Beijing’s mask reveals true cost of China’s economic miracle

by Gordon Watts September 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Visitors use their mobile phone at a Huawei promotional stand. Photo: AFP

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Growth hopes, spying risks mix for Huawei in SE Asia

by David Hutt September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Maldives' main opposition leader and presidential candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih addresses a crowd during a campaign rally in the Maldives capital Male, ahead of presidential elections. Photo: AFP

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India wins, China loses in Maldives election

by Bertil Lintner September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on August 19, 2016. Photo: AFP/Pool/Rolex Dela Pena

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As West recoils, China surges south in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

We might be at the start of a decades-long trade war between China and the US. Photo: iStock

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Here comes the 30-year trade war

by Pepe Escobar September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Soldiers thought to be from the United Wa State Army take down a cross from a building in the Wa region in northern Shan State. The soldier below uses a sledgehammer to demolish the top of the building, believed to be an unauthorized church. Photo: Screen grab from video.

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Video ‘shows soldiers knocking down church in Wa state’

by Bertil Lintner September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli (left) chats with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 21, 2018. Photo: AFP / Pool / Greg Baker

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Nepal’s shift from India to China: Will it work?

by Gunjan Singh September 20, 2018

Australia's incoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference in Canberra on August 24, 2018.Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan

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For Australia, Trump versus China means picking sides

by Giovanni Di Lieto September 19, 2018

A fan of 500 rupee banknotes from Pakistan showing the face of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in national dress. Photo: iStock

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Pakistan’s options for economic crisis

by Zamir Awan September 18, 2018

The devil may be in the detail. South Korean president Moon Jae-in (r) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Panmunjom on April 27, 2018. Photo: AFP/Inter-Korean Summit Pool/Anadolu Agency

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Why Moon is traveling a risky road with North Korea

by Robert E. McCoy September 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistani and Chinese workers at the site of a Belt and Road project in northern Pakistan. Photo: AFP

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Belt and Road goes through adolescence, ‘pimples’ and all

by Christopher Scott September 14, 2018February 18, 2020

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Removal of mistrust in Nepal-India relations

by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa September 13, 2018September 15, 2018