The construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya started off with much enthusiasm. A project funded primarily by Beijing, the SGR now remains incomplete, as the Chinese government is withholding funds needed to finish the project. Cold feet In May 2014, the Exim Bank of China, a state-owned enterprise, sanctioned loans covering ...
Four villagers from the Mandalay region in Myanmar have been sentenced to 14 months in prison with hard labor. Their crime — holding a protest in July 2018 against a Chinese company that was taking over their land in order to establish a cement plant. Jailed for protesting The villagers have been convicted under Myanmar’s ...
During Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Italy, China signed several agreements related to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with the Italian government. However, Beijing let its authoritarian tendencies run wild as it threatened an Italian journalist and warned her not to publish negative news about China. Threatening journalists Giulia Pompili works for the popular Italian ...
Karim Raslan, the founder of KRA Group, a political risk consultancy, has warned countries to be cautious when borrowing money from China under their Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He also suggests that countries should look at India for growth opportunities. Investment from China “(The BRI is) all about Chinese strategic objectives; it’s not about ...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) initiative promises to establish a new silk route that will usher in prosperity to the nations attached to the project. However, given that the country is ruled by an authoritarian communist regime, doubts over the real intentions of the BRI have been raised from all corners of the world ever since ...
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