Over six months after Pokhara International Airport (PIA) was inaugurated in Nepal, the airport witnessed its first international landing. A Sichuan Airlines A319 aircraft from Chengdu, China landed on the airport tarmac at 9:06 am on Wednesday.

Chinese-built Pokhara Airport receives first int'l flight, six months after its inauguration

China's B.R.I project in Cambodia has been declared a 'human rights disaster'. 5,000 indigenous people have been displaced due to a dam China built. Their livelihoods have been destroyed & Beijing won't compensate. Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: China's B.R.I Dam a 'Human Rights Disaster'

China has struck a deal with America's enemy - Iran. It's a $400 billion economic and security strategic partnership deal. As always, China is using its chequebook to have its way.

As China eyes multi-billion dollar Iran deal, India's Chabahar port may lose relevance

China’s boom has been powered by debt as the Communist Party began chasing superpower status with a credit card and the world knows when you buy something with a credit card, you are spending money that you don’t really have and one day you will have to return it.

China's debt trap increases amid budget deficit, BRI roadblock

The list of crimes committed by the Communist Party is long and the world only has one man to blame - Xi Jinping - the general secretary of the Communist Party and the president of China as the leader of China the buck stops with him.

Xi Jinping's hunger for power grows as China struggles with pandemic

Pakistan has signed a hydropower deal with a Chinese company as part of the country's China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Also Read: Anti-China protests held in PoK against illegal construction of dams Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan hailed the new project and asserted that "CPEC was confined to road connectivity, but now other aspects of the corridor are being unfolded.

Amid coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan signs hydropower project with China to be built in PoK

Amid rising coronavirus cases and a crippling economy, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has vowed that his government will complete the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project "at any cost".

Imran Khan vows to finish CPEC corridor 'at any cost' amid rising domestic issues

As per the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report by the US, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the state-owned companies are making their employees work in "horrendous conditions" on Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects.

China guilty of forced labour under 'horrendous conditions' on BRI project: US Report

Kenya's appeals court has ruled that the contract between the Kenyan government and China Road Bridge Corporation(CRBC) failed to comply with its laws. Also Read: 20% Belt and Road Initiative 'seriously affected' due to coronavirus, says China The court said that the state-run Kenya railways failed to comply with the country's law in the procurement of the Standard Guage Railway(SGR), which is part of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), according to a report.

Kenya court rejects China's multi-billion dollar BRI rail project

China's foreign ministry said that around 20 per cent of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been "seriously affected" due to the coronavirus pandemic. Also Read; How coronavirus impacts China's Belt and Road initiative "As the situation improves we have confidence that the projects will come back and the execution of them will speed up," Wang Xiaolong, director-general of the ministry's International Economic Affairs Department, said.

20% Belt and Road Initiative 'seriously affected' due to coronavirus: China

Coronavirus may not have been the only virus that China is responsible for. Carried through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has successfully spread the virus of debt too.

Afghanistan and Myanmar drown in China's loans; Afghanistan rejects loan

China wants Bangladesh to revive B.R.I projects in return for more medical assistance. Could Bangladesh be next to fall into China's trap after Nepal? WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more.

Gravitas: After Nepal, Is China eyeing Bangladesh?

Desperate for cash, Tajikistan is about to sell yet another vital asset to China at a time that countries like Sri Lanka and the Maldives are demanding renegotiation of debt settlements that either forced them to surrender control of critical infrastructure or left them with unsustainable repayments.

China struggles to fend off allegations of debt trap diplomacy

The story of CPEC is not binary. CPEC gives China huge opportunities to tap into markets that are hitherto-inaccessible. But for Pakistan, it's a debt trap. The CPEC is the premier project of the Belt and Road Initiative - the much-hyped BRI.

WION Edit: Will CPEC inflict debt burden on Pakistan?

By Amitrajeet A Batabyal Inspired by the ancient Silk Road, China is investing in a massive set of international development projects that are raising concerns about how the country is expanding its power around the world.

China’s worldwide investment project is a push for more economic and political power

China’s infrastructure and energy-driven $1 trillion Belt and Road initiative involves risky bets across a swath of land populated by often illiberal or autocratic governments exercising power without independent checks and balances.

Belt and Road project: China expands its anti-corruption campaign

New Delhi’s strategy of prioritising BIMSTEC over SAARC, if only to isolate Pakistan and its China connection, has not deterred Beijing from stepping up its overtures to India’s other neighbours.

WION Edit: SAARC vs BIMSTEC vs BCIM

Pakistan PM Imran Khan addressing the SCO summit leaders in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan said that his country was ready to share its "experience and expertise in counter-terrorism.

Pak among few countries to have successfully turned the tide against terrorism: PM Imran Khan at SCO summit

China held the second conference on the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing on April 25-26, 2019, wherein 40 heads of states, delegates from 150 countries and 90 international organisations from different parts of the world participated.

India keeps off BRI, has US and Japan in the loop

Washington will not send officials to a Beijing summit on Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature global infrastructure project, the US embassy said amid a raft of disputes between the two powers.

No plans to send officials for China's Belt and Road forum: US

The Indian politico-diplomatic policy contour, in relation to two major events slated for end April in the Chinese calendar, is indicative of a carefully nuanced posture that Delhi is adopting towards Beijing, even as the world’s largest democracy is in the middle of a major national election.

Managing bilateral relations with China will be a major challenge for the next Indian government

Switzerland will sign an accord backing China's Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) when President Ueli Maurer visits China this month, cementing ties with a major trading partner as other Western countries view the gargantuan project with scepticism.

Will sign accord backing China's Belt and Road Initiative: Switzerland

Chinese President Xi Jinping who is on a state visit to Italy said there was no fundamental conflict of interest as he sought to strengthen relations with the NATO ally.

Want to revitalise ancient Silk Road, says Xi during meeting with Italy President Mattarella

The Pakistan government has decided to shelve a major coal-based power plant project under the $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC), citing sufficient generation capacity already lined up for the next few years.

Pakistan to pull out of major CPEC power plant project: Report

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