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There are five ‘officially’ Communist countries left in the world and China and Laos are two of them. So perhaps it’s surprising that it had been 11 years since a senior Chinese leader visited the small, landlocked nation. That ...
It’s been a terrible month for Chinese hydropower projects in South Asia. On November 13 Nepal announced its government was cancelling an agreement with Gezhouba Three Gorges to build a 1,200 megawatt dam across the Budhi Gandaki ...
A month ago the government of Saudi Arabia made a historic decision to allow women to drive. Last week it also announced that females will be allowed into sports stadiums for the first time too. But the female who has been given the most ...
Four years ago Xi Jinping formally launched his Belt and Road Initiative while on a trip to Central Asia. Chinese acquisitions in the 68 countries associated with his signature foreign policy had this year surpassed $33 billion by August, which ...
Throughout its history, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has been subject to the push and pull of competing regional powers including the Dutch, Belgians, Germans and French. During the nineteenth century, in particular, the territory ended up ...
For an acronym to be memorable it should spell something recognisable. So, by that logic the BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – were always missing a K. Well this weekend they got one, when North Korea ...
After kicking off the new football season with three consecutive victories, Wolverhampton Wanderers have been made favourites for promotion to the elite English Premier League by local bookmakers such as Ladbrokes. Backed by the club’s new ...
Ten years ago this week the first ever green bond was issued by the European Investment Bank (EIB) – with a goal of growing a new financial market that helped lower carbon emissions. Since then green bonds have grown into a major source of ...
The cachet of carmaker Lotus likely peaked in 1977 when its Esprit model featured in The Spy Who Loved Me. The sleek white sports car was modified to do all sorts of things for James Bond, such as spraying oil into the path of chasing vehicles. ...
Hong Kong may soon get its own offshoot but the first permanent ‘branch’ of Beijing’s Palace Museum was opened on Xiamen’s Gulangyu island last week. The satellite venue will exhibit some of the Forbidden City’s collection of 13,000 ...