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Vantage | What China's diplomatic moves in Afghanistan are really about

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin emphasised China's belief that Afghanistan should not be excluded from the international community

Why is Italy pulling out of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative?

Italy has formally told China that it does not intend to continue participating in the BRI project. The reports of Rome wanting to leave Beijing’s flagship initiative have been doing rounds for months. But what led to the exit?

Global Watch | How China is quashing dissent abroad through illegal police stations

A Madrid-based human rights watchdog Safeguard Defenders published records of newly established 48 Chinese overseas policing agencies after it initially reported 54 such facilities in September 2022

Vantage | Why Myanmar's rebel trouble looks like China's game

If China can persuade the rebel groups to halt their offensive, it would protect its project and emerge as a peacemaker

Dragon diplomacy: Has China undermined the India-Bhutan relationship?

It is up to Bhutan to maintain the traditionally close relationship with India for its own sake

Vantage | Why Myanmar's rebel alliance has left China so worried

China won't let the rebel alliance beat Myanmar's junta. It will use every trick in the book to crush dissent

How Sardar Patel's legacy thrives in PM Modi's resolute national security initiatives

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has honoured Sardar Patel's legacy with a series of formidable measures to enhance India's national security

Xi Jinping slams West, lauds China's BRI initiative

Leaders in the West are adamant that their intention is to "de-risk," not "decouple," from China and claim that this is because they want to diversify supply chains that have grown unduly reliant on the second-largest economy in the world

10 years of China's Belt and Road Initiative: What are the big changes?

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted trade but left big debts and raised environmental concerns

China's BRI pushes Nepal into debt trap after Pokhara airport deal

As part of President Xi Jinping's major infrastructure initiative, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which promised significant investments in infrastructure projects around the world, the airport's construction was a component of China's ambitious objectives