Author: Dr Arif
Dr Arif
Dr.Arif is Editor of NSN.Asia. He is also a professor of Journalism. His journalistic writings and news stories focus on Silk Road Spirit of cooperation. His reports and analysis highlights the connectivity and exchanges in Eurasia, and geo-economic affairs of emerging Asia, Global South. See the details https://www.linkedin.com/in/drarifmedia/
BEIJING, Jan. 17: The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2019 will be held in Boao, a coastal town in China’s southern island province of Hainan, from March 26 to 29 to promote Asian Cooperation. The theme of conference 2019 will be “Shared Future, Concerted Action, Common Development,” announced BFA Secretary General Li Baodong on Wednesday. The opening plenum will take place on March 28. According to Li, the theme and topics of this year’s event cover a wide range of issues of common interest among stakeholders. The program was finalized after several rounds of discussion among BFA’s initial countries,…
Yaoundé, Jan. 23: China and Cameroon have vowed to deepen pragmatic cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and implement the proposals agreed at last year’s Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Yang Jiechi, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special representative, made the remarks on Friday during a meeting with Cameroon’s President Paul Biya in Yaounde. Yang is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee. He said the two nations should jointly boost…
Islamabad, Jan. 23: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will help his country improve its connectivity with the regional countries and beyond to south and central Asia, Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar said on Wednesday while addressing a ceremony held in the capital city of Pakistan. CPEC is the most important component of China’s Belt and Road initiative, Minister said adding further “I believe that CPEC will be the center of gravity of the global trade in the future”. CPEC is a cluster of infrastructure development projects, worth $62 billion as of 2017, are currently under construction throughout Pakistan. He said that…
KABUL, Dec. 15: China, Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed here on Saturday to enhance trilateral cooperation to support Afghanistan’s peace process, boost connectivity and fight terrorism.The pledge was made during the 2nd China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue held in Kabul, attended by Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. The three sides reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening relations, deepening cooperation and advancing connectivity under the Belt and Road Initiative, the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan and other regional economic initiatives, according to a joint statement issued after…
Abu Dhabi, Dec. 16: China’s COSCO Shipping Ports (CSP) and Abu Dhabi Ports on Monday inaugurated the new CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal at Khalifa Port to help connect Abu Dhabi to the company’s global network of 36 ports and bolster its role as a hub along China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The deep-water, semi-automated container terminal includes the region’s largest container freight station, covering a total area of 275,000 square-metres. The facility also offers facilities for full and partial bonded container shipments and a range of container packing services, warehousing for de-consolidated cargo and connectivity to other terminals in…
BEIJING, Nov. 23: Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Spain, Argentina, Panama and Portugal from Nov. 27 to Dec. 5, to promote cooperation for joint construction of the Belt and Road (B&R). The trip is expected to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the European Union (EU), consolidate China-Latim comprehensive cooperative partnership and promote global economic governance. With increasing instability and uncertainty on the global horizon, Xi will reaffirm China’s commitment to opening-up, cooperation and common development with all partners. Xi will also attend the 13th Group of 20 (G20) summit from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1…
China Dasheng Bank is Set to Open Doors in Dar e Salaam, a Major City and Commercial Port on Tanzania’s Indian Ocean coast , to Tap into Growing Chinese Trade and Investment in Country and Boost Use of Chinese Currency, Yuan. The Initiative Will Help Boost Africa’s Development, Enhance Cooperation, and Increase Financial Connectivity under the Belt and Road, an initiative aimed at revival ancient Silk Road Dare s Salaam, Nov.24 : A NEW commercial bank formed by China’s state owned and private enterprises open doors in Dar es Salaam Monday next week to tap into growing Chinese trade and investment…
Beijing, Nov. 3: Geopolitics is changing rapidly. Friends yesterday may not be friends today. Especially this part of the world is under immense focus and may play a pivotal role in geopolitics of tomorrow. India formerly a close ally of the USSR is in the American Bloc, Turkey a long time NATO ally is getting closer to Russia. Middle East is under tense situation, either Yemen, Qatar, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, all have certain degree of political instability. Iran may face trade sanctions imposed by the US from 5th November 2018. Russia, India and China are major importer of energy…
HANGZHOU, Sept. 9 : To boost China-Europe connectivity under the Belt and Road Initiative, China has started new cargo train for Prague, Czech Republic. The train loaded with 88 containers carrying cloth, clothing, shoes, hats and Christmas items left east China’s Yiwu City Sunday morning for Prague, the Czech Republic. It will pass through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and Poland and travel about 16 days before arriving in Prague. The journey is about half the time for traditional sea voyage. On August 4, the first train from Prague arrived at Yiwu, east China’s Zhejiang province. Before the launch of the Prague…
BEIJING, Sep 8 : Foreign ministers of China, Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold their first meeting by the end of 2017 with a goal to establish a new platform for regional cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said while addressing a joint press conference with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif who arrived in Beijing on his first visit to China as a foreign Minister. The Chinese foreign minister further said that before the end of this year, there will be the first China, Pakistan and Afghanistan foreign ministers’ meeting to be held in China.“We have identified three priority areas…