The Chinese Communist Party's signature Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), once heralded as a transformative force in global ...

Coal miners once carried caged canaries underground. Those fragile birds, with their tiny lungs and racing hearts, dropped dead over from carbon monoxide long before the men felt a tickle in their ...

Ethiopia’s dual engagement epitomizes the “paradox of weakness” in realist theory: smaller states, seeking autonomy through diversification, often become more vulnerable. The dual-bloc strategy has ...

“This is definitely a debt trap,” he said. “Expanding the railway to China would be very dangerous if China attacked Vietnam.” Tan also shared concerns over the "one-way" flow of mone ...

Lu made the remarks after a New York Times story on June 25 said China got Sri Lanka to “cough up” Hambantota Port by using “a debt trap”. The Chinese-built Hambantota Port is a deepwater facility in ...

The strategic port city, once seen as Pakistan’s gateway ... Pakistan will remain ensnared in the debt trap—one that has effectively turned it into China’s colony. Get Latest News Live on Times Now ...