Beijing and Hanoi are stepping up co-operation centred on internal security, in the process offering a preview of how China may deepen ties across south-east Asia despite longstanding differences with ...

Southeast Asia should be benefiting from China’s rise. Beijing has made the region’s growth a priority: Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s Maritime Silk Road—the nautical pillar of the Belt and Road ...

In 2025, South Asian governments confronted mixed signals about China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI). While Beijing promoted the initiative at major regional forums, Nepal stopped short of ...

China's overseas investment machine -- once the financial engine of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- is beginning to lose momentum. Official figures show that China's non-financial outward bound ...