Belt and Road
Australian surfers win David v Goliath battle against Chinese company in Fiji
The developers were accused of causing extensive environmental damage to Fiji’s Malolo Island, intending to build a large resort on the site.
- by Ben Weir
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BHP Billiton
BHP CEO Andrew Mackenzie downplays risks of China’s new silk road
Global miner BHP boss Andrew Mackenzie has downplayed rising concerns China’s international infrastructure program is being used to draw smaller nations into debt traps.
- by Cole Latimer
Belt and Road
Macron shuffles his cards in Djibouti, hoping to hold China at bay
Djibouti, strategically located at the southern entrance to the Red Sea on the route to the Suez Canal, hosts France's largest naval base on the continent.
- by John Irish
Belt and Road
Sri Lanka seeks $1 billion loan from China amid debt woes
After criticising the previous government for indebting itself to China, Sri Lanka has now requested a $1 billion loan from China.
Opinion
Opinion
Why are we contemplating saddling the Pacific with more debt?
Given the Pacific’s debt is already about $5.5 billion, how is loading our neighbours up with more helpful?
- by Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
Pakistan
Planes, ports and satellites - rejected by US, Pakistan cosies up to China
With its plan for Pakistan, China is for the first time explicitly tying a Belt and Road proposal to its military ambitions.
- by Maria Abi-Habib
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea rejects US criticisms of Chinese 'Belt and Road'
PNG’s Foreign Minister has rejected the US assessment that Chinese development money is “a constricting belt” and a “one-way road” for poor nations.
- by David Wroe
Victorian election
Morrison's China row with Andrews widens as PM passes on policing tips
Political tit-for-tat between Canberra and Victoria over secret trade deal with China has spread to criticism of Labor's handling of crime in Melbourne.
Victorian election
Andrews, Morrison at odds over Victoria's secret Chinese trade deal
Victorian Premier defends his government’s decision to sign agreement with Beijing to enhance investment, saying such agreements were always done that way.
- by Benjamin Preiss & Kirsty Needham
China
China’s 'extraordinary' ambitions: the futuristic city being built on reclaimed land
A new project in Sri Lanka has been likened to a Chinese company building a huge island off Bondi Beach and then putting a new city on it.
- by Matt Wade
Kenya
‘How can you call us monkeys?' Kenyans say Chinese bring racism
Before last year, Richard Ochieng', 26, could not recall experiencing racism firsthand. Then he started working for a Chinese company.
- by Joseph Goldstein