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Pokhara International Airport was built with Chinese loan Nepal cannot afford to pay back.

Nepal asks China to wipe away airport loan it can’t afford to pay back

The new airport in Pokhara was meant to bring prosperity to Nepal. Instead, it has saddled it with debt.

  • Bhadra Sharma and Daisuke Wakabayashi

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The Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Rail project in Indonesia was successfully finished four years behind schedule and US$1.2 billion over budget.

China’s cash promises in South-East Asia are coming up short, report says

President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, immediately winning over many foreign governments with promises of unprecedented investment.

  • Zach Hope
Police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, north-west Pakistan.

Chinese in Pakistan told to stay alert after six killed in suicide bombing

It is the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week.

  • Mushtaq Ali
China-Laos Railway’s Luang Prabang bridge across the Mekong River.

China’s Belt squeezes so tight, Laos is choking

A shiny new train line that makes local travel and cross-border trade easier symbolises what Laos owes the superpower next door.

  • Chris Barrett
Images by Sanghee Liu from Vladivostok, Russia.
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Lord of the East: Photos from Vladivostok

The China-Russia relationship has grown stronger amid fraying relations with the West. The Russian port city of Vladivostok embodies these closer ties.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in Beijing.

In Beijing, Putin calls for help to fund Arctic shipping route

Putin is asking for multinational investment in his “dear friend” Xi’s Belt and Road project. The route could cut the distance between Asia and Europe in half.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
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Gibran Rakabuming Raka (centre) was elected mayor of the city of Solo in 2020.

Widodo’s son for VP? Father says no interference in court ruling

The controversial ruling has been denounced as a setback for democracy by political analysts.

  • Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Bharat Mandapam convention center for the G20 Summit.

‘Nothing less than historic’: At G20, Europe, Middle East, US to launch rival to China’s Belt and Road

The details of the proposed rail route remain thin but EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen claimed the connection would make trade between India and Europe 40 per cent faster.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Matthew Knott
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the Pacific Islands Forum last year.

Albanese overhauls aid program to counter China, flags Xi Jinping meeting

Australia is seeking to offer Pacific and South-East Asian nations an appealing alternative to Beijing’s controversial Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.

  • Matthew Knott
Indonesia President Joko Widodo visits one of the fast train stations in West Java last October.

Indonesia’s Belt and Road fast train is finally on track, but will it be a success?

A flagship project of China’s global infrastructure drive, the Jakarta-to-Bandung high-speed rail has been plagued by delays and other problems.

  • Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies

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