PM Lee Hsien Loong suggests ways for Belt and Road Initiative to maximise long-term benefits
BEIJING, Apr 28, 2019, The Straits Times. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a…
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The People’s Republic of China is an economy of 1.3 billion people. When it joined APEC in 1991, it had a real GDP of USD 906 billion and a per capita GDP of USD 788. Today it is the second-largest economy in the world. By 2016, its real GDP has risen to USD 9.5 trillion, while its per capita GDP increased nine-fold to USD 6,800.
[Analytics] Xi claims $64 billion in deals at BRI Forum
More than US$64 billion worth of deals were signed during China’s Belt and Road Initiative…
Cold functional test starts at China’s first Hualong One nuclear project
FUZHOU, Apr 27, 2019, Xinhua. Cold functional tests began Saturday on a reactor of China’s…
Vietnam’s PM Phuc meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing
BEIJING, Apr 26, 2019, VNA. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with General Secretary of…
[Analytics] United States under Donald Trump is veering away from China’s Belt and Road
Beijing’s global infrastructure drive will be in the spotlight this week when dozens of heads…
Belt-Road plan is good but must be open to all: Malaysian PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 26, 2019, MalayMail. Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad expressed Malaysia’s full…
Xi delivers keynote speech at opening of second Belt and Road Forum
BEIJING, Apr 26, 2019, CGTN. Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that joint building of…
Philippines mulls declaring Pag-asa Island, Eastern Kalayaan marine protected areas
MANILA, Apr 25, 2019, PhilStar. The Philippine government might declare Pag-asa (Thitu) Island and Eastern…
Vice-governor of China’s Sichuan province Peng Yuxing ‘taken away in corruption investigation’
BEIJING, Apr 25, 2019, SCMP. A vice-governor of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan has been…
[Analytics] Disproving the doubts: insight into the Belt and Road
Amid a surging trend toward global interconnectivity propelled by the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative…
Kim Jong Un seeks way out of impasse with US in his first summit with Vladimir Putin
VLADIVOSTOK, Apr 25, 2019, Bloomberg. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Russian President Vladimir…
China to increase Myanmar’s rice export quota to 400,000 tonnes
NAYPYITAW, Apr 25, 2019, The Myanmar Times. China has agreed to import 400,000 tonnes of…