Browsing: Belt and Road Initiative

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA —  Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu officially requested that India withdraw its military personnel from the archipelago Saturday,…

johannesburg —  China and the U.S. presented competing visions for development in Africa this week as several leaders from the…

Large investments announced at the Belt and Road Forum have raised concerns that poorer countries’ debt to China could rise…

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA —  In Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh, 62-year-old produce seller Sok Ul is sanguine, despite the threat…

Washington —  For years, China has been seeking to expand its influence in Latin America, a region that is rich…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet this week with Chinese leaders in Beijing on a visit that underscores…

Taipei, Taiwan —  As China marks the 10th anniversary of its Belt and Road Initiative, also known as the BRI,…

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN —  Although weary of Beijing’s political ambitions and concerned about over-reliance on China, some Central Asians tell VOA…

London —  China has invested tens of billions of dollars in Europe under its Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI,…

JAKARTA, Indonesia —  Indonesian President Joko Widodo Monday inaugurated a $7.3 billion high-speed railway connecting the country’s capital with the…