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Chinese investments in the Pakistani leg of the Belt and Road Initiative may be a “sunk cost”, but Indian opposition to this project may keep it alive, especially with the emergence of IMEC as a viable alternative.

Why China Plans To Change Belt-And-Road-Initiative | Explained

On 17 October 2023, China completed 10 years of its Belt and Road Initiative. After completing a decade, the country has announced plans to make BRI smaller and greener. Xi Jinping has promised to stop coal power plants and push green infrastructure. But does China have the plans to execute it? Watch this video to find out

How Mohamed Muizzu, the pro-China Maldives president, poses a challenge to India

On September 30, Muizzu, widely perceived to be pro-China, won the Maldives presidential election by defeating the incumbent Ibrahim Solih in a second-round runoff. What does his victory mean for India-Maldives relations? Watch to find out.

Nepal & China agree to expedite pending infrastructure projects under BRI

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' is expected to visit China in September.

Explained: How China entraps poorer countries in never-ending debt

China became one of the world’s economic superpower within a matter of 30 years. The country expanded its economy across sectors.But how did the red dragon use its wealth to entrap developing countries? According to a report by the World Bank, China spent over $240 billion as bailout loans in two decades. After lending countries under BRI, it has now started international bailout. And how is India under risk despite staying away from China’s BRI trap? Watch!

Why China is re-calibrating its BRI strategy

Failure of China’s BRI strategy has led to a shift that now focuses on investments that achieve its global goals but with direct benefits to its domestic economy

The Eastern Window | Can China save its Belt and Road plan amid rising buyer’s remorse?

Countries who are participating in BRI are increasingly wary of falling into a debt trap 

B3W vs BRI — World leaders have a B in their bonnets

As the West gears up to counter China’s supremacy, New Delhi’s response is guarded as it has to balance India’s geopolitical and commercial interests

G7 plan to dislodge China as biggest source of infrastructure funding to benefit India

While parts of the G7 countries fund may later reach India through climate financing and sustainable development grants, officials say its biggest ripple effect will be in containing Chinese influence over India's traditional allies, who have increasingly veered towards Beijing following the Big Dragon's massive infrastructure investments

India must watch out for the China-Turkey-Pakistan troika

Turkey provides Pakistan the emotional, ideological, and political support, while China is providing both with material and political support. With China's support, the Kashmir issue has thrice been discussed in the UN Security Council since August 5, 2019

Emperor Xi reinvents Chinese Checkers: Only CPC wins

For too long, Delhi has been hesitant to impose costs for Beijing’s military adventurism, preferring instead to settle matters diplomatically. In doing so, India has failed to realise that while Xi Jinping’s China is irrational, it is not an entirely unpredictable actor

How prepared is India to strike and wound China where it hurts the most?

China’s aggression in 1962, leading to war, is only notionally over; it continues by other means, most notably repeated incursions across the Line of Actual Control

Trade | Why BRI through India is wishful thinking at best

Subramanian Swamy’s comments on the Mumbai and Kolkata ports provides the opportunity to highlight the pressing concern of weak infrastructural capacities in India.

Politics | Xi Jinping’s Myanmar visit and the takeaways for India

India’s sliding economy will restrain its spending capacity in neighbouring countries, especially in Myanmar where China is extending its footprint.

Trade | Implications of the US-China trade deal on India

The deal is another blow to already weakening multilateral trading system under the WTO. With bilateral quid-pro-quo deals, US President Donald Trump is sinking the WTO dispute settlement mechanism further. These trends should be worrying for New Delhi.

Centre outlines plan to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative, offers soft loans

A total of 279 LOCs have been extended to 63 countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Oceania, and Commonwealth of Independent States worth nearly $28 billion informed the minister to the lower house of the parliament.

Politics | New Delhi should look at re-shaping SCO

For engaging a serious organisation having the potential to play a significant role in the emerging Asian architecture, India’s proposed HEALTH vision was more of a slogan rather than a serious policy announcement.

Politics | 'Shutting down' terror camps is an old Pakistan trick, don’t fall for it

The FATF threats have produced a temporary shutting down and freezing for terror infrastructure, but all that has been done is reversible. There is not a single irreversible action here.

China is using BRI to achieve its national security objectives: Mike Pompeo

The BRI was launched by President Xi when he came to power in 2013. It aims to link Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Gulf region, Africa and Europe with a network of land and sea routes

India biggest recipient of funds from Asian Development Bank last year

The multilateral funding institution committed $3 billion in sovereign loans to India in 2018, the highest level of assistance since sovereign operations began in the country in 1986.

BRI should follow global norms and benefit all: Chinese President Xi Jinping

China said representatives from 150 countries and international organisations are taking part in it.

BRI a made in China, made for China initiative: US official

The Belt and Road Initiative is a multi-billion-dollar initiative launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping when he came to power in 2013. It aims to link Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Gulf region, Africa and Europe with a network of land and sea route.

India rules out joining BRI; PM says united approach needed to secure region

In an address at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in this port city, the Prime Minister also coined an acronym SECURE which he explained: ‘S' for security for citizens, ‘E' for economic development, ‘C' for connectivity in the region, ‘U' for unity, ‘R' for respect of sovereignty and integrity and ‘E' for environment protection.

India declines to endorse China's BRI at SCO Foreign Ministers meet

"The foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan reiterated their support for the 'Belt and Road Initiative' proposed by China," said a joint statement issued by SCO Foreign Ministers at the end of their one-day meeting here today.

Bank credit growth slows down to 17.2% in July 2012

Bank credit to the industry stood at Rs 19.68 lakh crore in July 2012, up 17.2% from the same month a year ago, RBI data showed today. However, the pace of credit growth in July 2012 decelerated from the 21.2% rise logged in July 2011.