China is revamping the Belt and Road Initiative, which has pumped billions of dollars in grants and loans into developing countries over the last ten years. This comes as the country attempts to rein in the risks that plagued its earlier investments, according to a new report released on...
China was an early proponent of a ceasefire in Gaza and has called for wider talks on resolving the Palestinian question. But analysts say the situation is complicated, and it’s not clear what Beijing expects to achieve, and how it can get there.
Beijing has been a supporter of the...
A recent clash between China and the US-backed Philippines is in keeping with a rise in Chinese naval expenditure, which analysts say is underpinned by Beijing’s expansionist ambitions in the South China Sea.
On 5 August, the Philippines and the US accused the Chinese Coast Guard of illegally firing water...
Kathmandu , March 13: Nepal Telecom has reached a maintenance agreement with Asian Info, a Chinese company that has repeatedly caused problems in the billing system.
Nepal Telecom has entrusted the company with maintenance at a cost of 3 billion rupees for four years, with a provision that the agreement...
In China, local governments are inspecting businesses weekly to find excuses to fine them. One factory owner said he doesn't keep working capital in nearby banks because the government would use its pull with those banks and force him to grant "loans."
China's Ministry of Finance reported that local governments...
Beijing: After the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly recommended a deeper investigation into whether the COVID outbreak was a result of a leak from a Chinese laboratory, the country has hit back at the UN health organization and called the theory "politically motivated and a lie".In the report released...
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) since 2012, President of the People’s Republic of China since 2013, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2014. He is one of the most powerful and influential leaders...
China and Vietnam agreed to step up co-operation on security matters in their move towards becoming a community with a “shared future”, they said on Wednesday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a visit to Hanoi.
On Xi’s two-day trip, the Communist-ruled neighbours, close in economic areas but at...
Many Chinese companies are still struggling with overdue payments, despite modest improvement following Beijing’s reopening of borders that ended nearly three years of zero-Covid controls, according to a new report.
Coface, a global trade credit insurance group, said on Tuesday in its latest China Corporate Payment Survey, involving 1,000 Chinese...
