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  We must draw a ‘red line’ for China as we did during the Doklam standoff: Lt General Abhay Krishna

  India | June 03, 2020 19:50 IST

  As India and China prepare for a high-level military dialogue to resolve the current standoff at LAC in eastern Ladakh, India’s military pointsman during the Doklam standoff Lt General Abhay Krishna says that New Delhi must draw a ‘red line’ that Beijing must not cross

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  Pak goes ahead with CPEC amid mounting debts, further economic fallout due to COVID-19

  World | May 07, 2020 14:39 IST

  Debt-ridden Pakistan is going ahead with its strategic USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project, despite the country's further economic downturn due to the coronavirus crisis.

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  Coronavirus pandemic will not affect CPEC: Pakistan

  World | April 02, 2020 21:28 IST

  Pakistan on Thursday said that coronavirus pandemic would not impact USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and its projects would be completed on time. 

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  Pakistan defends Chinese investment after US criticises CPEC project

  World | January 23, 2020 23:13 IST

  Pakistan on Thursday rejected US criticism of the USD 60 billion CPEC under China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), saying the project has helped the cash-strapped country to "fill the gaps" in energy, infrastructure, industrialization and job creation.  

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  China, Pak to finalise deal to develop SEZ under CPEC

  World | December 14, 2019 9:47 IST

  "The agreement will be finalised between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KPEZDMC) and CRBC later this month," Executive Business Development and Media at KPEZDMC Arbab Harron told the Xinhua news agency, without giving exact date for the finalisation of the agreement.  

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  CPEC to inflict heavy debt burden on Pakistan: US

  World | November 24, 2019 23:58 IST

  Wells emphasised the CPEC was not an aid to Pakistan but a form of financing that guaranteed profits for Chinese enterprises, with little benefits for Islamabad.

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  China, Pakistan to expand CPEC cooperation

  World | November 06, 2019 8:42 IST

  The two sides also signed and exchanged cooperation documents on health, youth exchanges and Gwadar Port development.

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  Pakistan sets up special body for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

  World | October 08, 2019 7:43 IST

  President Arif Alvi promulgated an ordinance to set up the CPEC Authority on the eve of Prime Minister Imran Khan's trip to China to discuss investment opportunities.

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  CPEC to help boost Pakistan's development: Imran Khan

  World | September 09, 2019 7:23 IST

  Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will attract trade, investment and technology from China to Pakistan so as to help boost his country's future development.

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  Pakistan to waive off visa fees of Chinese CPEC workers

  World | September 07, 2019 12:47 IST

  The cabinet had considered a summary submitted by the Interior Division on May 16, 2019, and granted approval in principle as a one-time dispensation to Chinese nationals to change their visit visas into work visas.

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  China, Pakistan discuss measures to step up security of CPEC projects inside Pakistan

  World | July 30, 2019 23:27 IST

  There have been security concerns about projects being undertaken as part of China Pakistan Economic Corridor inside Pakistan. CPEC is part of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative.

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  Pakistan attaches great importance to projects taken under CPEC: Prime Minister Imran Khan

  World | June 21, 2019 6:44 IST

  The CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Balochistan with China's Xinjiang province, is the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). 

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  Voices critical of CPEC being suppressed in Pakistan, US lawmakers told

  World | May 14, 2019 16:06 IST

  The USD 60 billion CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Pakistan's Balochistan with China's Xinjiang province, is the flagship project of the multi-million dollar Border and Road Initiative (BRI) launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping when he came to power in 2013.

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  4 killed as armed militants storm 5-star hotel in Pakistan's Gwadar port city: police

  World | May 11, 2019 23:49 IST

  A shootout was underway at Zaver Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar when this story was published. Pakistani media has said that all foreign and local guests at the 5-star hotel have been safely evacuated.

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  China removes BRI map showing entire J-K, Arunachal as part of India

  World | April 28, 2019 15:56 IST

  The map was hosted on Chinese government’s Ministry of Commerce’s website displaying routes under China’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative.

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  China denies CPEC intensified Pakistan's economic risks

  World | April 08, 2019 19:49 IST

  China on Monday refuted criticism that the USD 60 billion CPEC has intensified Pakistan's economic risks, saying that less than 20 per cent of the current projects under the initiative are using Chinese loans.

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  India signals to boycott China's Belt and Road Forum for second time

  India | March 20, 2019 16:29 IST

  India boycotted the first Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in 2017 after protesting to Beijing over the controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which is being laid through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) overriding New Delhi's sovereignty concerns.

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  India hints won't attend April's Belt and Road forum

  World | March 20, 2019 12:28 IST

  China's Belt and Road aims to connect Europe, Asia, and Africa through a wide network of roads, highways, sea lanes and ports. Its jewel project, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), cuts through Jammu and Kashmir.

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  Pakistan decides to shelve major CPEC power project

  World | January 14, 2019 10:05 IST

  It has requested China to formally delete the project from the CPEC list.  

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  'CPEC has no military dimensions': Islamabad on reports of China's secret plan to build jets in Pakistan

  World | December 28, 2018 21:51 IST

  Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said this at the weekly media briefing here on Thursday when asked about a US media report that alleged that China has hatched a secret plan to build fighter jets and other military hardware in Pakistan as part of the USD 60 billion project.