China pakistan economic corridor

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, left, with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad on Saturday. Photo: AP

China, Pakistan to extend economic corridor to Afghanistan

3 min read . 10 Sep 2018

One of the key projects planned for Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a transshipment terminal at Campbell Bay at Great Nicobar, the largest of the Nicobar islands. Photo: iStockphoto

India to invite global investors to develop Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep

3 min read . 07 Aug 2018

Imran Khan, chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. File photo: AP

India wonders if Pakistan’s army backs Imran Khan’s peace push

3 min read . 28 Jul 2018

According to AIIB, India requires around $1.5 trillion in investment over the next 10 years to bridge the infrastructure deficit that exists in the country. Photo: Reuters

PM Narendra Modi to address AIIB meeting in Mumbai on Tuesday

2 min read . 25 Jun 2018

US defence secretary James Mattis has renamed the Hawaii-based US Pacific Command (PACOM) as the US Indo-Pacific Command (IPACOM). Photo: AFP

The emerging great Indo-Pacific game

4 min read . 04 Jun 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan, China on 27 April 2018. Photo: AP

Beijing will not push New Delhi on Belt and Road Initiative: China

2 min read . 28 Apr 2018

India has objected to the $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as it passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Photo: AP

Ready for talks with India to resolve CPEC differences: China

1 min read . 29 Jan 2018

(From left) Afghanistan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Pakistani foreign minister Khawaja Asif after a press conference for their first tri-nation foreign ministers’ dialogue held in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: AP

China, Pakistan will look at extending CPEC to Afghanistan: Chinese FM

2 min read . 26 Dec 2017

File photo of the Chabahar port. It is imperative to remember that Chabahar is an SEZ and not an exclusive project handed over to India. Photo: AP

India’s strategic unicorn in Chabahar

4 min read . 11 Dec 2017

Pakistan is a key part of China’s Belt and Road trade initiative and one of the main land routes that links it to the Arabian sea through the port in southwestern Gwadar. Photo: AFP

China’s billions cannot guarantee it a free ride in Pakistan

3 min read . 07 Dec 2017

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor gives China a foothold in the western Indian Ocean with the Gwadar port, located near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Photo: Bloomberg

Responding to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor challenge

4 min read . 01 Dec 2017

Like its sister policy banks, China Development Bank is charged with fulfilling China’s long-term economic vision, as exemplified by President Xi Jinping’s One Belt, One Road drive to build highways, power plants and ports across emerging Asia. Photo: Reuters

China needs to make sure Pakistan isn’t Venezuela

2 min read . 27 Nov 2017

A cargo ship sits berthed next to a crane at Gwadar Port in Gwadar, Balochistan. Photo: Bloomberg

Pakistan will be a ‘priority’ in neighbourhood diplomacy: China

1 min read . 21 Nov 2017

China has been reiterating that the $50 billion CPEC which traverses through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is a connectivity project. Photo: Reuters

China open to inclusive cooperation on OBOR, says CPEC does not involve territorial dispute

1 min read . 08 Nov 2017

PM Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani during the latter’s day-long India visit, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: PTI

Ashraf Ghani in India: Afghan president asks Pakistan to end support for terror groups

3 min read . 25 Oct 2017

US defence secretary Jim Mattis said, ‘In a globalised world, there are many belts and many roads, and no one nation should put itself into a position of dictating ‘one belt, one road’.’ Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

On OBOR, US backs India, says it crosses ‘disputed’ territory

1 min read . 04 Oct 2017

The selective approach to terrorism, or opposing New Delhi’s entry to the NSG, indicate where Beijing wants to see India in a China-led order. Photo: Reuters

The 30-year itch in India-China ties

4 min read . 14 Jul 2017

The route through Pakistan’s Gwadar Port offers China its shortest path to the oil-rich Middle East, Africa, and most of the Western hemisphere. Photo: AFP

China plans to launch cargo service to Pakistan through CPEC

1 min read . 06 Jul 2017

China, jointly with Pakistan, has developed Gwadar Port as part its One Belt, One Road project that also gives Beijing a potential naval base in the Arabian Sea. Photo: Bloomberg

China says Pakistan naval base talk pure speculation

1 min read . 29 Jun 2017

India is protesting against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as it passes through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Photo: AFP

Chinese media states India’s opposition can affect CPEC in short run

2 min read . 27 Jun 2017