The initiative spearheaded by the Chinese government and endorsed by President Xi Jinping in late 2013 aims to improve trade and economic integration across Asia, Europe, and Africa.

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China's overseas mining investment under its Belt and Road Initiative hit another peak last year at $21.4 billion.

Wall St. Insights In the last decade, no country has invested more in the rest of the world than China. In what critics term ...

Launched on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi in 2023, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) was touted as a strategic alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative ...

The European Union is preparing for a summit with Central Asian leaders in Samarkand to bolster trade and promote its Global ...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is steadily expanding, with the government emphasising high-quality cooperation, economic connectivity, and infrastructure development, according to a recent ...

A study explores how China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) uses historical Silk Road narratives to shape public perception in Kazakhstan.

China’s massive Belt and Road initiative builds global infrastructure — and influence China’s Belt and Road Initiative is the most expensive infrastructure project in history. Chinese ...