Nepal reinstates $2.5bn hydropower deal with Chinese firm
AFP | Nepal has reinstated a deal with a Chinese state-owned company to build a $2.5 billion hydroelectric plant scrapped by the previous government, officials...
Middle Eastern black swans dot China’s Belt and Road – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | If any one part of the world has forced China to throw its long-standing foreign and defense policy principles out the...
U.S move of sanctioning China for buying Russian military hardware is not going to play well
News Analysis | U.S state department has imposed fresh economic sanctions over Russia, blacklisting further companies, military and intelligence personnel for “malign activities”. It is...
US plans massive spending on its Air Force to maintain the edge over China and Russia
News Analysis | The U.S Secretary of Air Force Heather Wilson stated that the air force is too small in size to intercept the challenges...
Russia says no Syria assault as Putin, Erdogan agree Idlib plan
AFP | Moscow said Monday there would be no assault on Syria's Idlib as the leaders of Russia and Turkey agreed to create a demilitarised...
China struggles with Belt and Road pushback
James M. Dorsey | China, in an implicit recognition that at least some of its Belt and Road-related projects risk trapping target countries in debt...
Massive clean-up in Hong Kong after typhoon chaos
AFP | Hong Kong began a massive clean-up Monday after Typhoon Mangkhut raked the city, shredding trees and bringing damaging floods, in a trail of...
Gen. Bajwa in China to assure Chinese investor about the future of CPEC
News Analysis | Army Chief of Pakistan, General Qamar Javed Bajwa sets off for a three-day official visit to China. “During the visit, COAS will...
Ex-Trump aide Manafort to cooperate in Russia probe
AFP | President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed Friday to cooperate in the Russia collusion investigation in a plea deal that left...
World’s longest straight-line sea route connects Pakistan to Russia
News Analysis | Pakistan has the world's longest possible straight-line water route in the world that connects it to Russia. The straight-line of 32,000 kilometers...
Russia starts the largest military exercise with China but why now?
News Analysis | With the participation of about 300,000 active military personnel, over 1000 aircraft, and 80 ships, Russia kicked off its largest military exercise...
Is Western Media trying to make CPEC controversial?
News Analysis | A report in the UK daily, the Financial Times, has raised new controversy about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. Some government officials...