Italy just slammed China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative, saying it was an 'atrocious' decision to join and that it's barely benefited from the deal

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Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after the signing ceremony on Belt and Road Initiative, on March 23, 2019 in Rome, Italy.
Italy just slammed China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative, saying it was an 'atrocious' decision to join and that it's barely benefited from the deal.

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The 'implosion of Russia as a great power' has opened the door for China to capitalize on Moscow's weakening economy

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin on March 21.

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It's riskier than ever to be a foreign business in China, as evidenced by a series of recent sanctions, detentions, and an updated anti-espionage law that has watchdogs on edge

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Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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China will become the global economy's biggest growth driver in the next 5 years, doubling the US contribution, IMF says

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Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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A veteran investment chief and former Moscow reporter says markets are pricing in at least another year of Russia's war in Ukraine

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Two Ukrainian men visit the grave of a Ukrainian soldier at the cemetery of fallen soldiers in Kharkiv, Ukraine on February 20, 2023

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