Belt and Road Initiative

From lottery draws to fiscal spending, China broadens digital renminbi footprint

Banks are also being pressed to grow digital yuan use in cross-border transactions, particularly along Belt and Road Initiative routes.

We have to work to make trade a win-win: SM Lee in Guangxi

(Second from left): Peter Tan, Ambassador of Singapore to the People's Republic of China (partially blocked); China-ASEAN Mercantile Exchange president Bebe Zhao; Guangxi Vice Chairwoman Lu Xinning; Member of Parliament for Jalan Besar GRC Dr Wan Rizal (partially blocked); Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong; Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Manpower Shawn Huang; and Teo Siong Seng, chairman of China-Singapore Nanning International Logistics Park (CSILP); touring Singapore pavilion at China - ASEAN Mercantile Exchange in Nanning Guangxi on May 19, 2026.

China offers Vietnam railway loans, technology; shows off high-speed rail

Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party To Lam (C) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) review the guard of honor at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam 14 April 2025. Xi is on a state visit to Vietnam from 14 to 15 April 2025. LUONG THAI LINH / /Pool via REUTERS

ECRL hits the tracks: Malaysia’s new rail system stages preview run, 2027 launch on track

Stretching 665km, the rail line linking Kuala Lumpur to the east coast towns of Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu, and Kota Bharu is nearly 92 per cent complete.

Debt and diplomacy: China’s growing influence in Laos

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is booming

Most of the 130 or so poor or developing countries collectively known as the Global South have signed up to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Study shows China closing in on US as global leader in science

The study found that Chinese-based scientists filled 45 per cent of leadership roles in US-China joint studies in 2023, up from 30 per cent in 2010.

Commentary

Indonesia’s river of discontent runs deep

A protester sets fire to the gate of the regional parliament building during a protest against the government's spending priorities, such as enhanced perks for lawmakers, in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, September 1, 2025. REUTERS/Bilal Wibisono

Asia’s leaders stress unity to mitigate growing global uncertainty at Belt and Road Summit

mfbri - (From left) Hong Kong's Algernon Yau, Malaysia's Anthony Loke, Qatar's Ahmed Al-Sayed, Saudi Arabia's Khaled Al Khattaf, Kazakhstan's Yerlan Sagnayev, and Uzbekistan's Umid Abidkhadjaev at a policy dialogue at the 10th Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong on Sept 10.
ST PHOTO: MAGDALENE FUNG

China’s green paradox: Cleaner at home, digging dirt abroad

Members of the Pradawng tribe inside a China-backed battery metal mine during a protest rally in Pekon township in Myanmar’s eastern Shan State in May.

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