International Relations in India & Beyond
Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) signed between democratic and liberal European Union and authoritarian communist-ruled People Republic of China (PRC), the world’s two largest economies, in the last week of 2020, which is also...
The Annals of Ancient History talk about the Chinese ‘Silk Road’ (c.200 B.C) as the founding rung in the concept of Trade diplomacy. Today, under Chinese President Xi Jinping, an advanced version of this...
News clippings from Dhaka-based Benar News BenarNews (16/05/2019): “China No. 1 Foreign Investor in Bangladesh, New Official Figures Show.” [1] BenarNews (11/09/2019): “ A Chinese-built solar power plant started supplying electricity to Bangladesh’s...
Republished the original version without any in-house editing Despite contradictions between China and India at the 2 August RCEP summit and New Delhi’s refusal to participate in the Beijing-led Belt and Road project, the...
France and China signed deals worth billions of euros on Monday, including a huge Airbus plane order, during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, despite Paris pushing back against Beijing’s “Belt and Road”...
Italy endorsed China’s ambitious “Belt and Road” infrastructure plan on Saturday, becoming the first major Western power to back the initiative to help revive the struggling Italian economy. Saturday’s signing ceremony was the highlight...
China’s sprawling Belt and Road Initiative has made developed nations anxious about losing influence in the developing world. The U.S. and the EU are each advancing their own new strategic initiatives to support development...
Djibouti already owes 82 percent of its foreign debt to China while China is expected to account for 71% of Kyrgyz debt as Belt and Road-related projects are implemented. Increased Pakistani dependence on...
Colombo Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa today dismissed a media report that claimed China had funded his unsuccessful 2015 presidential re-run. “No contribution was made by China to my 2015 presidential election campaign,” Rajapaksa...
