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Tag: china debt trap

Posted inNepal, South Asia

Nepal-China railway plans hit a dead end

by Kosh Raj Koirala July 18, 2019February 18, 2020

The ambitious Nepal-China rail link, which is expected to break the tiny Himalayan nation’s sole dependence on India for trade and transit, is looking financially unfeasible as disagreements crop up between principal stakeholders. There is no consensus among political actors about how this project, which is part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, should […]

Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Xi unusually omitted China’s BRI from his G20 remarks

by Xuan Loc Doan December 5, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia

Will burgeoning China-Philippine ties last?

by Xuan Loc Doan November 23, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

As owner of Gwadar Port, Pakistan may be the boss, not the beggar

by Ali Salman Andani November 14, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

It is India vs China amid upheaval in Sri Lankan politics

by Gunjan Singh November 1, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, China, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Is China a new imperial power? 

by Chandra Muzaffar October 26, 2018
Posted inBeijing, China, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey

Pakistan wins $6-bn bailout from Saudis amid Khashoggi row

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid October 25, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Under the guise of friendship, China is looting Pakistan

by Ali Salman Andani October 24, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

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

by Ali Salman Andani October 15, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Backlash against China could jeopardize its ‘free ride’

by Brahma Chellaney September 28, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

China’s Belt and Road a dilemma for Germany

by Emanuele Scimia June 1, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

ASEAN neighbors feel Malaysia market maelstrom

by Gary Kleiman May 29, 2018
Posted inChina

Xi Jinping’s power: real or hyped?

by Avinash Godbole April 26, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Why Colombo remains a challenge for New Delhi

by Ana Pararajasingham April 26, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Thailand, World

Myanmar in the Dragon’s jaws

by Prakash Katoch April 4, 2018

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