Belt and Road Initiative – Page 25 – Asia Times

The leaders of Asean's member states have a strong incentive to put a higher priority on economic development than adopting a stronger defensive posture towards China. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, European Union, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, South Asia, Thailand, World

China’s Belt and Road, and implications for ASEAN connectivity

by Anushka Kapahi April 20, 2018

The Caspian Sea is an important hub in a Eurasia-wide system of gas pipelines and trade corridors.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Caspian games: Central Asian ‘stans’ vie for connectivity market

by Pepe Escobar April 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the BRICS summit last year. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, World

US revival of the quad might have died

by Ken Moak April 19, 2018

Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister and State Counselor Wang Yi as they pose for media before their meeting on April 18, 2018, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Photo: Reuters via Parker Song/Pool

Beijing, China, India, Nepal, South Asia

Beijing proposes ‘economic corridor’ to Nepal and India

by Asia Times staff April 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang laughs with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a signing ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, April 8, 2018. Picture: Parker Song/Pool via Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Trump’s trade war pushes Singapore to China

by Nile Bowie April 16, 2018February 18, 2020

China President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the Boao Forum for the Asia Annual Conference 2018. Photo: AFP

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Boao Forum breath of fresh air amid trade uncertainty

by Sabena Siddiqui April 12, 2018

Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: iStock

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Hong Kong groups now fourth top investors in Indonesia

by Ben Kwok April 12, 2018February 18, 2020

This year Washington holds the presidency of the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force and intends to use its tenure to take down networks that specialize in the criminal handling of crypto-currencies. Many of these are based in Asia. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Why even a trade war won’t derail Made in China 2025

by Pepe Escobar April 12, 2018February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping waving in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao

Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Mexico, Middle East, Russia, United Kingdom, World

China edging closer to becoming a global hegemon

by Pattharapong Rattanasevee April 11, 2018

A man counts Venezuelan bolivar notes in downtown Caracas in January. Photo: Reuters/Marco Bello

Beijing, China, European Union, Northeast Asia, World

Why China should help solve Venezuela’s deepening crisis

by Michael Kovrig April 11, 2018

A Chinese J-15 fighter jet lands on the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bahrain, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

How China, US are spawning a new great-power naval rivalry

by Alfred McCoy April 9, 2018

Smoke billows over the embattled northern Syrian city of Raqa in September. The seven-year-old civil war continues with no end in sight. The author argues that China should play a greater role in helping to end conflicts throughout the Middle East.
Photo: AFP/Delil Souleiman

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Laos, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

China urged to play a greater role in Middle East turmoil

by Christina Lin April 8, 2018

3D Nepal flag (with clipping path)see more country.. Photo: iStock

China, India, Nepal, South Asia, World

Reviving Nepal’s independent foreign policy

by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa April 2, 2018

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) at the state guest house in Tokyo, August 7, 2017.
Photo: AFP/Toru Hannai/Pool

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Why Japan won’t criticize Hun Sen

by David Hutt March 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo illustration: iStock

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Shanghai, World

China taking the long road to solve the petro-yuan puzzle

by Pepe Escobar March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Djibouti is located between the Gulf of Adan and the Red Sea. Photo: Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Japan, Laos, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Djibouti the latest to fall victim to China’s ‘debt trap diplomacy’

by Jon Connars March 27, 2018

Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid distributed by local organisations at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui: "I was going past one of the refugee camps when I stopped to photograph this aid distribution along a road. As the aid distribution got a bit chaotic, volunteers started throwing water bottles from the truck towards the refugees. I placed myself to get the newly made camp in the background as it showed how newly arrived Rohingyas living in these small makeshift shelters were in desperate need of aid." REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia

India, China and the Rohingya issue

by Pema Tseten March 24, 2018March 26, 2018

coco palms on paradise beach. Photo: iStock

Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Maldives, Middle East, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Paradise lost? India’s waning influence in Maldives

by Sabena Siddiqui March 19, 2018

Symbolic of Sino-American relations, the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the People's Republic of China fly next to each other on a sunny, windy day. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Can China and US be partners instead of rivals?

by Sabena Siddiqui March 17, 2018March 17, 2018

Vladimir Putin fires a sport gun at a sports complex outside Sochi on March 9, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ria Novosti/Alexey Druzhinin

Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

It’s all Putin’s fault… but still he wins

by Pepe Escobar March 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Roundtable Summit Phase One Sessions of the Belt and Road Forum. Photo: Reuters, Lintao Zhang

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Turkey, World

The myth of a neo-imperial China

by Pepe Escobar March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Leah Millis

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Mexico, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

Trump gearing up for re-election, not trade war with China

by Ken Moak March 12, 2018

Italian engineers plan an offshore facility to take cargo from large ships from China for relay to an onshore facility and transported to destinations around Europe. Photo: Venice Offshore Port website

AT Finance, Beijing, Chengdu, China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, Tianjin, World, Wuhan

Marco Polo in reverse: how Italy fits in the New Silk Roads

by Pepe Escobar March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, World

‘China will try to avoid trade war with US but will retaliate if it must’

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attends a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, Kazakhstan March 23, 2017. Photo: Mukhtar Kholdorbekov/Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Laos, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Alert over Central Asia’s China debt mars Uzbekistan’s BRI debut

by Gary Kleiman March 6, 2018

New rules from the Cyberspace Administration of China will force blockchain companies to censor information deemed 'threatening' to national security and allow authorities to access and inspect user data. Photo: Reuters

China, Taiwan, World

China’s National People’s Congress to ratify the Xi era

by Avinash Godbole March 5, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the group photo session during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian province on September 4, 2017. File Photo: Reuters / Kenzaburo Fukuhara / Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Maldives, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam

India must prepare for a two-front war with Pakistan and China

by Prakash Katoch March 5, 2018

Board game of strategic skill for two players, played on a checkered board.

Australia, China, European Union, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, World

Has Beijing abandoned its soft power strategy?

by Jeffrey Gil March 3, 2018

Souvenir necklaces with a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping are displayed for sale at a stall in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on February 26, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, World

The Xi Silk Road is here to stay

by Pepe Escobar March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A mosaic of The Beatles at the Hard Rock Hotel in Penang. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, World

Why splashing the cash can’t buy China love

by Gordon Watts February 28, 2018February 18, 2020