Tag: Silk Road

China’s Xi to visit Italy, France as Rome joins ‘new Silk...

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Italy, Monaco and France this week, the foreign ministry said on Monday, with Rome expected to...

Diplomatic Corner: Eminent Korean historian arrives in Pakistan via Silk Road...

ISLAMABAD: Eminent Korean historian Dr So Gilsun has arrived in Pakistan, taking a pilgrimage route through the Silk Road, starting from Xian, China, and passing...

Pakistan cuts Chinese ‘Silk Road’ rail project by $2bn

--Railways Minister Rasheed says Chinese loan for rail projects under CPEC reduced to $6.2bn as Pakistan cannot afford debt burden --Says Pakistan remains committed to...

Fearing debt trap, Pakistan rethinks Chinese ‘Silk Road’ projects

ISLAMABAD: After lengthy delays, an $8.2 billion revamp of a colonial-era rail line snaking from the Arabian Sea to the foothills of the Hindu...

Turkmenistan can connect nations thru Silk route: envoy

ISLAMABAD: Turkmenistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Atadjan Movlamov has said that his Central Asian republic can be termed as the heart of Great Silk Road having...

China’s Silk Road revival hits obstacles

From a stalled Indonesian rail project to an insurgency-threatened economic corridor in Pakistan, China's push to revive Silk Road trade routes is running into...

China paves new Silk Road at forgotten Pakistan port

GWADAR: Remote and impoverished, Pakistan´s Gwadar port at first glance seems an unlikely crown jewel in a multi-billion-dollar development project with China aimed at...

Chinese seek ‘Silk Road’ riches in Pakistan in spite of security...

Beijing’s infrastructure splurge has helped revive Pakistan’s sputtering economy, and deepening ties between the two nations have turned Pakistan into a key cog in China’s grand plan to build a modern-day “Silk Road” of land and sea trade routes linking Asia with Europe and Africa.