Beijing’s flagship overseas development assistance, BRI, evolved from focus on infra projects to giving emergency funding to low- and middle-income countries, report by AidData finds.
This is the full transcript of ThePrint Cut The Clutter Episode 1337, published on 27 October 2023, on the proposal for an infrastructure project over the Isthmus of Kra in Thailand.
Report says Beijing will probably have over 1,000 operational nuclear warheads by 2030 and is expanding its number of land, sea, and air-based nuclear delivery platforms.
Manufacturing in China has contracted for the fifth straight month, prompting authorities to announce a series of tax reliefs and incentives to fuel consumer spending.
Putin will attend Belt and Road Forum in Beijing from 17 to 18 October in his first trip outside former Soviet states since International Criminal Court issued a warrant for him.
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.
The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.
Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
Keshav, I left India 35 years ago, but I have to hands with people like you.