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Will Chinese money be able to Sri Lanka from Debt- The Diplomat

Hambantota Port  ( Credits- Wikimedia Commons / Deneth17) Srilanka due to indiscriminate borrowing over the years has now fallen int a debt trap. Will the Chinese promoted Belt and Road Initiative be able to save Sri Lanka. The Diplomat goes deep into the issue in an article ( You can read the complete article here .....)

One Belt One Road- What China needs to do to get USA on board

Image credits- VOA One Belt One Road Initiative is a Chinese initiative to link China to Europe through a series of transnational road and sea lines. But China has yet to attract the main economic players including USA, Europe, India and others to participate in the venture, whose participation is imperative for the project to succeed. The National Interest takes a deeper look as how and what China should do and the steps they need to take to make the project a reality and viable. ( To read the entire article, click here .......)

Belt and Road Initiative- Challenges and Pitfalls

OBOR ( Credits- VOA) One Belt and One Road Initiative or Belt and Road Initiative ( BRI) is a project by the Chinese government which involves the development of  a network of roads and ports transversing through the length and breadth of Asia and connecting Europe. A part of the road passes through Central Asia and reaches Europe. The flagship project under BRI is the China- Pakistan Economic corridor that connects China's restive Xinjiang province with the Pakistani port of Gwadar. BRI is the most ambitious project ever undertaken by a single country in recent years.  So what is BRI: The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road, also known as the Belt and Road Initiative (B&R) and The Belt and Road (B&R), is a development strategy proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping that focuses on connectivity and cooperation between Eurasian countries, primarily the People's Republic of China, the land-based "Silk Road Economic Belt

China's OBOR Road to nowhere

BRI ( OBOR Meet)- Credits, VOA Chinese One belt and One Road initiative is the biggest project ever undertaken by China to rekindle the ancient famed silk route. But things are not rosy as it seems. The National Interest in a detailed article discusses the challenges and pitfalls of the project. ( To read the article, click here ........)

Terrorism can derail China's ambitious one road one belt project

One road one belt (credits- Internet image) As China develops it's one road one belt linking the ancient silk route to Europe, it will need deal with terrorism on the route which has every chance to destroy the entire project. This subject is dealt in detail on the latest article by The National Interest. ( The entire article can be read here )

China’s Chengdu-Lhasa Railway: Tibet and 'One Belt, One Road' ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Justin Cheung)

Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Jan Reurink Source- The Diplomat Author- Justin Cheung It is no secret that Tibetan independence movements have long drawn the ire of Chinese authorities. Alongside heightened rhetoric in recent years over Tibetan unrest and the growing publicity of riots and self-immolations, China has sought to augment its capacity for crackdown in the restive province. The swiftness of Chinese response to previous swells of separatist sentiment is best illustrated in the 2008 Tibetan unrest. During that time, the BBC reported that within days of the start of anti-government riots, over 400 troop carriers of the People’s Armed Police were mobilized. Ultimately, the speed with which the Chinese government was able to ferry troops into sites of unrest was a crucial factor in quelling the upheaval. In more recent times, China’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) policy – Xi Jinping’s plan to expand the reach of Chinese trade routes to Europe through a la