One Belt One Road News
The railway line, which connects Jakarta and Bandung, a city in West Java province of Indonesia, is part of China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.
China`s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which aims to build a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient trade routes of Silk Road, has hit a roadblock in seven countries, according to a recent report.
The island continent, Australia, which is nowhere on the map of China`s investment initiative - One Belt One Road - has suddenly found itself on the route.
China has reponded characterstically, dismissing the allegation instead of trying to win back the trust.
The Arctic Policy outlined the rationale that China is likely use to ensure access to the resources of the region.
The Confucius Institutes were meant to be language schools, but they have faced accusations of spying and spreading propaganda.
Pakistan has said it would consider offshore trade in yuan at Gwadar Port
It has also agreed to bilateral trade with China in yuan
Yuan to be given equivalent status, privileges as the US dollar
India has said that it is open to any suggestion on OBOR if its sensitivities are taken into account.
Pakistan's federal minister Ahsan Iqbal told a parliamentary committee that work has been stopped on the 3 projects
He said work would resume only after China gives Pakistan the money
Revelation from financially-strained Pakistan comes days after Sri Lanka handed over Hambantota Port to China
A Europe-based think tank has said China is pressing for more control over CPEC
China's decision to stop funding for 3 road projects aimed at getting Pakistan Army involved, the think tank says
China's decision after double snub by civilian government
Criticism is rising in Pakistan against secrecy surrounding the terms of CPEC agreements.
China faces perception battle as CPEC is crucial for its Belt and Road Initiative
CPEC is only operational arm of BRI, and any troubles here are likely to impact other projects
Roadblock in friendship? Pakistan 'stunned', as China stops funding for 3 CPEC projects, says report
China told Pakistan that it would okay funding only after Bejing issues new procedures
Worry for Pakistani officials is that new procedures could affect other CPEC projects as well
Pakistan had refused to allow trade in the renminbi at Gwadar soon after refusing funding for a dam in PoK
India skipped the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in May this year due to its sovereignty concerns over the nearly USD 60 billion CPEC.
He also expressed belief that the office will contribute in strengthening bilateral ties and broaden relations in the economic sector, Nepal's foreign ministry said.
Tolo News quoted Wilkerson as saying in an interview that the United States might stay for over 50 years in Afghanistan, because according to its strategic location, Afghanistan is the only place from where the US can take action against Russia and China.
India and Japan had begun a dialogue on Africa in 2010, a continent in which both have much stake. The main objective of the AAGC is to enhance growth and connectivity between Asia and Africa.
China is charging interest rates as high as 16 percent and above for funding made available for OBOR projects like the CPEC.
After making its displeasure clear over Chinese flagship project 'One Belt, One Road' (OBOR) citing that the project ignores core concerns on sovereignty and territorial integrity, New Delhi officially skipped the event honoring the project in Beijing.
India to boycott China's OBOR conference, says cannot accept CPEC that ignores territorial integrity
The conference will start in Beijing on Sunday.
"The US must take more seriously the strategic challenges posed by China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative," Ashley Tellis of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace told lawmakers.
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