Passengers take photos with a high-speed train at Halim Station in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 24, 2025. The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, a flagship Belt and Road cooperation project jointly built by China and Indonesia, has been in full operation for 19 months. All stations along the line have been in service for nearly five months, with over 9 million passenger trips recorded to date. Photo: VCG
An Australian think tank has claimed that the world’s poorest nations are facing a “tidal wave of debt” as repayments to China reach record levels in 2025, claiming China has emerged as the leading debt collector in the developing world. Chinese experts dismissed the report as biased and politically motivated, stressing that China’s…
