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Friday, October 10, 2025
TopicBelt and Road Initiative

Topic: Belt and Road Initiative

Putin, Taliban and Xi to rub shoulders in Beijing today as China hosts 3rd Belt and Road Forum

Experts say, by having the Russian President come down, ignoring an international court's arrest warrant against him, Beijing wants to label international law as solely for Western powers.

For IMEC to have any real impact, fix the finance first. Only then it can counter China’s BRI

Partners in India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor will need to provide guarantees and de-risk investments, given that private investors have become risk-averse in the wake of pandemic-induced disruptions.

Bracing for trade surge once India-Middle East-Europe Corridor is ready, govt ramping up western ports

Jawaharlal Nehru Port, upcoming Vadhavan Port in Maharashtra, and Deendayal & Mundra ports in Gujarat could be linked to the corridor, it is learnt. Efforts on to boost capacity.

Nepal seeks grants, not loans, from China and India for development, says envoy

Nepal’s ambassador to India Shankar Prasad Sharma, at an ORF event in Delhi, also said the country wants to benefit from China's success, but will ‘wait and see’ on BRI execution.

BRI was China’s trump card. Now India and its partners strike a blow to out-build it

India and the West began saying that the BRI was leading to debt trap among developing countries. This narrative became a success and undermined the Beijing discourse about China being an honest, sympathetic country.

G20 has flagged off a new train race in the Middle East. This time India is at the heart

Hejaz railway to the new train race—will the G20 project be any different?

Connecting India, Middle East & Europe — G20 marks launch of mega infra plan, seen as counter to BRI

India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor to involve India-Saudi ship transit, then rail link to UAE & likely to Jordan. Shipment will then move by sea to Turkey & further by rail.

China now investing sovereign funds in strategic assets abroad. And escaping West’s scrutiny

CCP-controlled China Investment Corporation replaced Norway’s SWF as the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. While the latter reported a loss in 2022, CIC has reported a profitable return.

Lender on a bender? Why China’s bailing BRI nations out of defaulting on Chinese loans

President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative & cheque-book diplomacy face real-world test of post-Covid financial distress, as nations indebted to China are confronted with default on loans. 

Chinese provinces built big-ticket infra on debt. Now a $23-tn crisis threatens to derail Xi’s BRI

Economic troubles have left Chinese provincial governments on a sticky wicket, leading to the slowdown of the country's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative.

On Camera

PoK is up in anger against Pakistani state. You won’t see it in Kashmir-obsessed Western media

The contrast between Kashmir and PoK is impossible to ignore. One side protests for food and electricity, while the other talks about growth and education.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.