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Christine Lagarde at the People's Bank of China and IMF Conference in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao
Apr 12,2018, 5:16
IMF head Lagarde warns of Belt and Road ‘debt risks’
By Gordon Watts
The 11 remaining signatories of the Trans-Pacific Partnership are going their own way without the US. Illustration: iPhoto
Mar 12,2018, 4:37
United States must rejoin TPP, China too: former US trade chief for Asia
By Andrew Salmon
China's currency has come under pressure amid rising trade tensions. Illustration: iStock
Mar 06,2018, 7:13
Looming ‘debt risks’ threaten Belt and Road countries
By Gordon Watts
Souvenir necklaces with a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping are displayed for sale at a stall in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on February 26, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter
Mar 02,2018, 4:47
The Xi Silk Road is here to stay  
By Pepe Escobar
Chinese President Xi Jinping at a news conference that marked the end of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China May 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters
Feb 26,2018, 11:17
Bucking politics, Western banks fight for piece of Belt and Road
By Asia Times staff
Photo: iStock
Feb 22,2018, 7:36
China’s frosty reaction to alternative Belt and Road project
By Gordon Watts
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets China's leader Xi Jinping. Photo: AFP
Feb 10,2018, 4:10
Amid Western anxiety, Russia embraces China’s rise
By Asia Times staff
Photo: Reuters / Ludovic Marin
Jan 09,2018, 12:09
Bearing horse, Macron lands at Silk Road gateway to talk trade
By Asia Times staff
(L to R) Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a joint news conference after the 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing, China, December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jason Lee
Dec 27,2017, 11:33
China says CPEC extention to Afghanistan not directed at India
By Asia Times staff
Afghan security forces keep watch at a check point close to the compound of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency in Kabul, Afghanistan. December 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sobhani
Dec 27,2017, 2:44
ISIS numbers growing fast near China’s New Silk Road, says Russia
By Asia Times staff
View of the automatic distribution center in the largest smart logistics base in Asia, named Suning Yuncang (Cloud Warehouse) of Chinese e-commerce retailer Suning Group, in Nanjing. Photo: AFP
Dec 12,2017, 2:23
Belt and Road drives China push to dominate global logistics
By Asia Times staff
Turkey is strategically positioned to profit from the rail projects. Photo: iStock
Nov 21,2017, 5:19
How Turkey, Iran, Russia and India are playing the New Silk Roads
By Pepe Escobar
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tehran in 2016. Photo: Reuters
Sep 16,2017, 3:59
New freight train service from China to Iran opens
By Asia Unhedged
Road to Aleppo: The Chinese don't forget that Syria controlled overland access to both Europe and Africa in ancient Silk Road times. Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad monitor traffic on the road to Aleppo in Syria on July 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sanadiki.
Jul 13,2017, 7:12
The New Silk Road will go through Syria
By Pepe Escobar
Honeywell's two-stage compressor for fuel cells has helped reduce the size of earlier hydrogen fuel cells by 40% while supplying constant power ratings far above previous industry generations. Photo: Honeywell International
Jul 01,2017, 10:49
US multinationals angle for inside track in Belt and Road push
By Doug Tsuruoka
A general view of Urumqi, Xinjiang Province. Photo: Reuters/Sue-Lin Wong
Jun 28,2017, 8:32
Security clampdown in China’s west exacts toll on businesses
By Sue-Lin Wong
China's COSCO shipping has suspended services to Qatar after several Arab countries severed diplomatic ties with the Gulf state. Photo: Reuters
Jun 14,2017, 6:05
Blood on the tracks of the New Silk Roads
By Pepe Escobar
A man cooks a traditional Uyghur rice dish on the Chinese side of the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Horgos, China May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Sue-Lin Wong
Jun 13,2017, 3:43
China’s dangerous ethnic policies in Xinjiang
By Ben Hillman
Joseph S Nye
Jun 13,2017, 12:19
Xi Jinping’s Marco Polo strategy
By Joseph S Nye
Workers repair the brakes on a bus on a road in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo: Reuters.
Jun 12,2017, 8:11
Pakistan scrambles to protect China’s ‘Silk Road’ pioneers
By Drazen Jorgic and Jibran Ahmad
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