Is India cutting ‘off its nose to spite its face’ on OBOR?

News Analysis | India has not sent an official delegation to attend the "Belt and Road Forum" in Beijing and instead criticized China's global initiative,...

The Middle-Eastern conflict: Threatening for Pakistan and China’s OBOR

James M. Dorsey | Increasingly caught up in the Middle East’s multiple conflicts, Pakistan is struggling to balance relations with rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran...

Pakistan’s strong economic performance? Questionable

Michael Kugelman| Recent months have seen a proliferation of Western media commentary attesting to Pakistan’s strong economic performance. Factors of economic development Tyler Cowan declared Pakistan’s economy...

Why China wants to ‘speed up’ CPEC’s construction?

News Analysis | The Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for pushing faster the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according to reports...

Prime Minister all set for trip to Beijing: CPEC is flagship project of OBOR

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is traveling to Beijing with a high-level delegation and chief ministers of the four provinces, to attend a two-day international...

Making a success story out of CPEC: Certain, probable, or doubtful?

Nasir Azeem | The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is being talked about a lot in media, policy circles, and academia. This game-changing project is a...

Bringing Afghanistan & Pakistan close: Will China’s efforts bear fruit?

Imtiaz Gul | China is running full-steam ahead with multi-tier diplomacy to create a synergy of thought and action among regional countries as part of...

“We can think about renaming CPEC” China offers India

On Monday, the Chinese embassy in New Delhi released the transcript of a meeting held at United Services Institute (USI), an Indian think-tank, which...

China wants US and North Korea to ‘stop irritating each other’

China has urged restraint over the situation in North Korea as both sides continue to release provocative statements. China while not happy with North...

China’s ‘soft’ imperialism: Will Pakistan gain nothing from CPEC?

F. M. Shakil | The US$56 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – a part of China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ vision – has yet to...

CPEC’s vulnerabilities: Can Pakistan carve a way out?

Dr. Zafar N. Jaspal | Since April 2015, China and Pakistan have been endeavoring to complete their joint China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. The project...

Back room deal between Trump & China over North Korea?

M. K. Bhadrakumar | A quarter of the way through TV programmes in the weekend on two leading Malayalam channels, it dawned on me that...