The new airport in Pokhara was meant to bring prosperity to Nepal. Instead,it has saddled it with debt.
President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013,immediately winning over many foreign governments with promises of unprecedented investment.
It is the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week.
A shiny new train line that makes local travel and cross-border trade easier symbolises what Laos owes the superpower next door.
The China-Russia relationship has grown stronger amid fraying relations with the West. The Russian port city of Vladivostok embodies these closer ties.
Putin is asking for multinational investment in his “dear friend” Xi’s Belt and Road project. The route could cut the distance between Asia and Europe in half.
The controversial ruling has been denounced as a setback for democracy by political analysts.
The details of the proposed rail route remain thin but EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen claimed the connection would make trade between India and Europe 40 per cent faster.
Australia is seeking to offer Pacific and South-East Asian nations an appealing alternative to Beijing’s controversial Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.
A flagship project of China’s global infrastructure drive,the Jakarta-to-Bandung high-speed rail has been plagued by delays and other problems.
The Victorian premier flies to China on Monday but has been criticised for not releasing his itinerary or inviting the media to scrutinise the four-day visit given his previous attempts to dip into the country’s infrastructure honeypot.