report in The Island, Dec 30, 2023In comparison with other countries, Sri Lanka had received fewer benefits from the Belt and Road Initiative, with investments amounting to 14 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) affiliated Asia Progress Forum (APF) said. The investments made by this Initiative in Laos and Cambodia are 140 percent and 60 percent, respectively of their GDPs, the APF said. “This makes it clear…
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by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 6, 2023United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is arriving in Kathmandu on October 13 on a four-day official visit, will be flying to Beijing on October 16 to participate in the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). China has also invited the Nepal government to the BRF event, but Kathmandu has yet to decide who will participate in the event. China is hosting…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 6, 2023United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is arriving in Kathmandu on October 13 on a four-day official visit, will be flying to Beijing on October 16 to participate in the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). China has also invited the Nepal government to the BRF event, but Kathmandu has yet to decide who will participate in the event. China is hosting…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 1, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal returned home on Saturday after his two-week-long visit to China and New York. Talking to the media upon arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Dahal made no mention of the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s flagship project, that was tipped to be taken forward as a Nepal-China after negotiations in Beijing. Both the 40-point press note issued in Kathmandu and…
by Tom Hussain in SCMP, Aug 1, 2023The writer is an Islamabad-based journalist who has spent his 35-year career covering South Asia and the Middle East.An upsurge in terrorist attacks in western Pakistan highlights the risks involved in expanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the country even as Chinese firms are “learning the ropes” on how to cope with the rise in violence, analysts say. Amid ongoing celebrations to commemorate the 10th anniversary of…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, July 04, 2023When Chinese leaders asked Nepal to expedite projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Deputy Prime Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha urged them to first sign project implementation agreements. Shrestha, who visited the Chinese province of Sichuan last week to take part in the 19th Western China Trade Fair, also held talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and other senior officials of the Communist Party…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, June 27, 2023 .China’s unilateral announcement that the Pokhara International Airport was built under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has finally reached Parliament. Two members of Parliament—Ram Hari Khatiwada of the Nepali Congress and Asim Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party—on Monday asked Foreign Minister NP Saud and Tourism Minister Sudan Kirati whether the Pokhara International Airport is a part of the BRI and…