Tag:Belt and road initiative
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Finance Minister Warns Against Chinese Loans Through BRI Projects
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal pointed out the case of Sri Lanka where an economic crisis was exacerbated due to infrastructure projects funded by...
Finance and Economy
Making The Belt And Road Initiative ‘Small And Beautiful’
Limits on external lending represent a shift in Chinese BRI lending policies in developing countries. Chinese state-owned banks financed on average US$85.4 billion a...
Nepal
Nepal’s Geopolitical Stakes Are As High As The Himalayas
Nepal occupies a crucial geostrategic location in SouthAsia – sandwiched between powerful and competing neighbours in India and China, outstripping the Himalayan nation in...
COVID-19
Myanmar’s pandemic politics goes international
Pandemic control is now materialising as a marker of domestic legitimacy. Effective control of territory, democratic legitimacy and adherence to international law are some...
CSR
Chinese machine biggie contributes turbines to power Pakistan
Chinese business, driven by the belt and road initiative, are now promoting green energy through the development of wind power projects in Pakistan.
Amazed onlookers...
Animals and wildlife
Traditional Chinese medicine stirs a concoction in Asia, Africa and the Americas
Animal rights groups are voicing concern as the China’s traditional medicine business is leading to the harvesting of animals, besides plants, thus threatening biodiversity.
On...
Bangladesh
For China, charity begins in SouthAsia
China has undertaken more projects in SouthAsian countries than anywhere else in the world. Even India figures prominently in terms of the number of...
Features
Chinese grotto temples to forge closer links with counterparts in Pakistan
In what is evidently part and parcel of China’s Belt-and-Road initiative, China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration has sought closer links between Chinese grotto temples...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective...
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Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat wave in recorded history this April with forecasts showing no...
Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole...
Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat...
