China's pledges to Southeast Asia come up $50bn short, says study - World
SYDNEY: China promised billions of dollars to infrastructure projects across Southeast Asia, but many of these were...
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SYDNEY: China promised billions of dollars to infrastructure projects across Southeast Asia, but many of these were...
China is unlikely to meet $77 billion in Belt and Road Initiative commitments in South-East Asia, research shows.
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has promised to tread carefully with Belt and Road funding from China, telling AFP on Monday he would not be "reckless" with foreign loans.
China and the United States have been jockeying for influence in the South Pacific state, which sits atop bulging deposits of gas and minerals and peers over key shipping lanes.
Chinese aid to the South Pacific is increasingly targeted toward the country's political allies in the region, an independent Australian thinktank reported this week. This is happening amid a declining…