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Beijing says Silk Road not geopolitical tool, understands concerns

Beijing will host a Belt and Road summit next week which 37 foreign leaders will attend, including some of China’s closest allies

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” critics have suggested

Saudi Arabia strikes $10bn deal with China

Saudi Arabia signed 35 economic cooperation agreements with China worth a total of $28bn at a joint investment forum during the visit

China defends ‘New Silk Road’ against debt complaints

BEIJING: Chinese officials on Monday defended Beijing’s initiative to build a “New Silk Road” of railways and other infrastructure across Asia against complaints it...

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 of excavators, earth movers and road-making machinery is displayed...

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 an opportunity or a threat -- and when French...

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 fellow stout-hearted entrepreneurs willing to cast aside security concerns...

China’s Xi decries protectionism, touts Silk Road

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged world leaders to reject protectionism on Monday at a summit positioning Beijing as a champion of globalisation, as...

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 official said Sunday, as Washington strikes an increasingly cooperative...

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 to a summit for China's new Silk Road plan...

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 depend on the countries involved ensuring strong security, the...

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 after sealing two major deals in recent months, a...

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 new Silk Road is under construction in northern Pakistan, but locals living on the border are yet to be convinced they will receive more from it than dust.

China to establish $40 billion Silk Road infrastructure fund

BEIJING: China will contribute $40 billion to set up a Silk Road infrastructure fund to boost connectivity across Asia, President Xi Jinping announced on Saturday, the latest Chinese project to spread the largesse of its own economic growth.

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