BEIJING--China’s Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller ... by the U.S. and others that China was engaging in “debt trap” diplomacy: Making loans they knew governments would ...

China is working to address a mounting concern that its ambitious infrastructure drive creates debt ... initiative in Beijing this week. President Xi Jinping 's multibillion-dollar "Belt and Road ...

Ten years have elapsed since Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed what is today called the Belt and Road Initiative ... China that fell into the “trap” when it was unable to collect its debt.

The case of Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port is a lesson to all countries that remain wary of getting caught in China’s debt trap. After the Sri Lankan ... of the countries involved in China’s Belt and ...

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 ...

a colossal project constructed under the aegis of China's Belt and Road initiative (BRI). Like Gwadar, Pokhara's grand ambitions have struggled to attract the expected investment and instead ...

While Chinese lending for infrastructure under the banner of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI ... have less capacity to take on additional debt, and China’s desire to lend has decreased.

China’s overseas mining investment under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) hit another peak last year at $21.4 billion, as the government continues to place heavy emphasis on raw materials for ...

Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative has not proved to be the ‘transformation game changer’ many in the region were hoping for, analysts say – as concerns grow about some projects ...