Silk Road

Beijing says Silk Road not geopolitical tool, understands concerns

Beijing will host a Belt and Road summit next week which 37 foreign leaders will… Read More

New Silk Road critics are ‘prejudiced’, China’s top diplomat says

China has never forced debt upon participants of its new Silk Road project as “prejudiced”… Read More

Saudi Arabia strikes $10bn deal with China

Saudi Arabia signed 35 economic cooperation agreements with China worth a total of $28bn at… Read More

China defends ‘New Silk Road’ against debt complaints

BEIJING: Chinese officials on Monday defended Beijing’s initiative to build a “New Silk Road” of… Read More

Caterpillar drives sales on China’s new Silk Road

CHICAGO/NANTONG, China: At a Caterpillar facility in the eastern Chinese city of Nantong, an array… Read More

Europe casts a wary eye on China’s Silk Road plans

PARIS: Depending on who you ask in Europe, China's colossal East-West infrastructure programme is either… Read More

Braving security fears, Chinese seek ‘Silk Road’ riches in Pakistan

LAHORE/SHANGHAI: Zhang Yang, a businessman from Chongqing in southwest China, is searching online forums for… Read More

China’s Xi decries protectionism, touts Silk Road

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged world leaders to reject protectionism on Monday at a… Read More

US firms ‘ready’ to get on China’s Silk Road project

BEIJING: US companies are ready to get involved in China's Silk Road project, an American… Read More

US to send delegation to China’s Belt and Road summit

BEIJING: The United States will send a delegation led by White House adviser Matt Pottinger… Read More

China stresses security needs for new Silk Road initiative

BEIJING: China's ambitious initiative to generate economic prosperity by building a new Silk Road will… Read More

Amid Beijing’s ‘Silk Road’ splurge, Chinese firms eye Pakistan

KARACHI: Chinese companies are in talks to snap up more businesses and land in Pakistan… Read More

China’s new Silk Road: boom or dust for Pakistan?

SOST: A glossy highway and hundreds of lorries transporting Chinese workers by the thousands: the… Read More

China to establish $40 billion Silk Road infrastructure fund

BEIJING: China will contribute $40 billion to set up a Silk Road infrastructure fund to… Read More