China Reform Monitor: No. 1159
China eyeing new infrastructure projects in Nepal;
Beijing to triple investments in Iranian oil fields
 
China eyeing new infrastructure projects in Nepal;
Beijing to triple investments in Iranian oil fields
 
Less than a month after it was signed in Lausanne, Switzerland, the framework nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 powers is already beginning to pay dividends - for Iran, that is.
Even before the April 2 accord, the enforced isolation that brought Iran's ayatollahs to the nuclear negotiating table back in 2013 had begun to erode, progressively undermined by hungry investors eager to return to "business as usual" with the Islamic Republic. But since the framework deal was signed, the floodgates have opened in earnest.
Israel in the crosshairs;
The IRGC and the nuclear deal;
Iran's new project: "
Ground Zero"
After Lausanne, new overtures from Russia;
...and China
China building runways on disputed islands;
Spotlight on ivory trade in China
 
India, China hold annual defense dialogue;
Rafale deal sees progress;
Lakhvi released, Aqis targeted in drone strikes;
Pakistan, U.S. seal weapons deal;
Bangladesh executes Jamaat-E-Islami leader