Tag: China

China to invest $1.3 trillion in BRI states by 2027

--China plans to boost two-way trade with Pakistan from $12 billion to $20 billion ISLAMABAD: Chinese scholar Dr Zhang Yifeng on Friday said that China aims...

China to oppose new resolution on Masood Azhar

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang on Wednesday said that China's position on the issue of Masood Azhar’s listing as an international terrorist...

PM to pay four-day visit to China from April 25

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay a four-day visit to China from April 25 to attend the 2nd Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. He...

China lauds Pakistan’s initiative to implement NAP

BEIJING: China highly appreciates Pakistan's latest initiative to implement the ‘National Action Plan’ to fight out terrorism. This shows Pakistan's stance and determination to firmly fight terrorism...

Indonesia polls bring battle over China’s Belt and Road push

JAKARTA: Indonesia has become the latest election battleground for Beijing´s soaring economic clout, as the opposition warns pro-China policies are saddling the mineral-rich archipelago...

No instant fix for economy, says Qureshi

--Foreign minister says Asad Umar cannot fix economy overnight --Says NAB is autonomous, it cannot be pressurised MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday urged the...

IMF, World Bank urge caution with China loans

The rising influence of lending by China to developing nations is increasingly under the spotlight amid concerns that the growing debt burden and onerous...

Chinese arm wrestling yanks hard for recognition

BEIJING: Muscles bulging and veins popping, two Chinese arm wrestlers lock eyes and then their hands, until the referee shouts "Go!" Already considered a serious...

Pakistan, China reject criticism against CPEC

Pakistan and China rejected criticism against the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a mega multibillion-dollar infrastructure project under Beijing’s global Belt and Road Initiative. “It...

China to close industrial park where deadly blast killed 78

The Chinese chemical industry park where an explosion last month killed 78 people and left hundreds injured will be closed, authorities have said. The blast...

Pompeo urges NATO allies to adapt to new threats from Russia,...

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on NATO allies to adapt to confront a wide variety of emerging threats, including...

China warns US of ‘complications’ over Jaish ban

--Spokesperson says US move to bypass China sets a ‘bad precedent’ --Washington says it will send junior officials to Belt and Road summit over ‘financing...

Thousands march in Hong Kong over proposed extradition law changes

HONG KONG: Thousands of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against a government plan to change extradition laws, fearing an erosion of personal...

China asks US to act carefully on issue of blacklisting Masood...

BEIJING: China has urged the United States (US) to act watchfully on blacklisting of Masood Azhar issue and avoid bypassing the relevant committee of the...

China slams US criticism of Muslim treatment as ‘absurd’

China on Thursday hit back at criticism from the United States' top diplomat who called its treatment of Muslims "shameful hypocrisy" after speaking with...

Frustrated US defies rules to move UNSC resolution to list Masood...

UNITED NATIONS: Stung by China's rejection of the recent move to put Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar on the United Nations (UN) sanctions blacklist, the...

BRI by no means a debt trap for Pakistan: officials

BEIJING: The Belt and Road initiative by no means a debt trap in case of Pakistan or any other member country, official sources said on Thursday. In...