The key Chinese armed drone, CH 4 B, deployed with the Royal Air Force Oman (RAFO) has been grounded due to a serious bug in the newly installed computer software programming of the flight control system. The Chinese refused to allow the air force to revert to the older version of the software raising serious… Continue reading Oman air force grounds Chinese drones for serious defects
Pressure is building on Beijing to intervene more forcefully to restore confidence in its reeling property market. In the latest sign of stress for the market, people with knowledge of Beijing’s decision-making said authorities are investigating whether Hui Ka Yan, the billionaire founder of heavily indebted property developer China Evergrande Group, attempted to transfer assets offshore… Continue reading China Comes Under Growing Pressure to Fix the Country’s Housing Market
In the last decade, China has emerged as the biggest investor in the field of infrastructure across the globe. Through its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has emerged as the top commercial partner and an important source of Foreign Direct Investment and credit in infrastructure, energy and other sectors in Latin America. China… Continue reading The Dragon’s Gateway: China Sets Sail for Argentina’s New Port
In today’s rapidly expanding urban centres throughout the Global South, many reclamation efforts have evolved immensely. It has become more urgent to make a claim in this new territory for luxury residential, premium commercial, and industrial space as a result of the rising economic importance of coastal zones . Coastal region is not only the… Continue reading China’s Expanding Land Reclamation Can Have a Severe Environmental Cost
The recent proposal by China to connect Pakistan’s port of Gwadar with Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region through a USD 58 billion railway is another attempt by China to reshape geopolitics of the region. With such a high price tag, the project has the potential to push Pakistan further into China’s influence and… Continue reading China-Pakistan Rail Link: New Debt Trap
As the burden of Chinese debt is becoming unsustainable and the revenues of the African countries are being sucked into debt servicing, many of them are getting disillusioned and feel cheated. Recently Zambia’s Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane rejected a call from China on February 13 for the World Bank and other multilateral lenders to join… Continue reading Zambia Rejects China’s Call for World Bank to Join Its Debt Restructuring
International funders join Pakistan PM and UN secretary general in Geneva to agree recovery plan following ‘monsoon on steroids’ The international community has promised more than $9bn (£7.4bn) to help Pakistan rebuild after last summer’s catastrophic floods, described by UN secretary general António Guterres as a “monsoon on steroids.” The pledges were made on Monday at… Continue reading Banks and countries pledge over $9bn to rebuild Pakistan after catastrophic floods
The unending protests in Gwadar against illegal deep-sea fishing under the banner of “Give Gwadar its rights” and harassment of locals at security check points shows frustrations of locals against failures of the promised development in the region. Protesters feel that their livelihood had been snatched and are deserted under the promise of bright future.… Continue reading Gwadar Port: A Saga of Broken Dreams & Unfulfilled Promises
China nurses serious reservations about extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan, despite public resolve to do so during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Beijing visit last week. It is more than clear from the high priority accorded to the safety of Chinese personnel and projects in Pakistan during the talks. China has been unsatisfied… Continue reading Sino-Russian terror fears bog China’s CPEC bid in Afghanistan
The Chinese dedication to the completion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) despite all the odds and opposition faced on many fronts is a matter generating high level of curiosity. While the two governments are leaving no stone unturned to promote the benefits of the CPEC for Pakistan’s economy, they are finding it increasingly difficult… Continue reading Chinese Finding it Tough to Justify their Many Violations in Balochistan
