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Cities of the New Silk Road

  • A Pakistan navy soldier stands guard while a loaded Chinese ship prepares to depart from Gwadar.

    'All-weather friendship': but is Pakistan relying too heavily on China?

    China already accounts for 46% of Pakistan’s trade deficit – yet few have questioned acceptance of huge loans as part of a new economic alliance
  • File photo of an oil tanker

    Myanmar scales back Chinese-backed port project over debt fears

  • Construction and Development at the Port City Colombo Project<br>A worker looks out at the site of the Colombo Port City while standing next to a hoarding featuring an artist's impression of the Colombo International Financial City project, both developed by China Harbour Engineering Co., a unit of China Communications Construction Co., in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Saturday, March 31, 2018. The projects are two of several in Sri Lanka that offer lessons for countries looking to snag some of the more than $500 billion projected to underpin Chinese President Xi Jinpings Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. Photographer: Atul Loke/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Sri Lanka's 'new Dubai': will Chinese-built city suck the life out of Colombo?

  • A freight train leaves for Duisburg port of Germany from Weihai port on September 15, 2017 in Rongcheng, Shandong Province of China.

    Germany's 'China City': how Duisburg became Xi Jinping's gateway to Europe

    The city is host to the world’s largest inland port, with 80% of trains from China now making it their first European stop
  • Fishermen near Bagamoyo. In 10 years the sleepy fishing villages along the coast here could be razed to create space for Africa’s largest port

    China in Africa: win-win development, or a new colonialism?

  • Motorcyclists and the New Mei Gao Mei (New MGM) casino are reflected in a puddle at night in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

    'No Cambodia left': how Chinese money is changing Sihanoukville

  • China belt and road initiative map

    What is China's Belt and Road Initiative?

  • Khorgos Cover

    Follow the New Silk Road

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