Since 2013, when China launched its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), interest in the measure has been sharply divided.

One China expert told Newsweek that the USAID funding freeze had handed an "enormous gift" to Beijing's push to influence the Global South. Meanwhile, one Kremlin propagandist has said on Russian ...

While China has been trying to expand its influence in Panama for years, as part of its broader ambition to increase its ...

China on Friday said it "regrets" Panama's decision to withdraw from Beijing's Belt and Road infrastructure programme after the Latin American nation ended its participation in the project in a ...

Regime deputy Soe Win orders progress on Kyaukphyu SEZ-port before June deadline despite onslaught by Arakan Army.

Moreover, with China's growing soft power, the BRI has evolved beyond an economic initiative into a platform for sharing China's vision of global governance, Majueran said. The integration of ...

The China-Laos railway, a flagship project under the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), connects China’s southwestern city of Kunming with the Laotian capital of Vientiane. The Lao ...