It’s the pet topic of journalists from China’s state-run media machine.
Almost every press conference or CEO roundtable at last month’s Boao Forum included a pre-prepared question about President Xi Jinping’s flagship foreign policy the multitrillion-yuan infrastructure project known as The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The rhetoric around President Xi’s vision to construct a network of railways, ports roads and pipelines re-creating China’s “Silk Road” trading route through south-east Asia, Africa and Europe has ramped up a notch in recent weeks.
This is in response to a slew of international reports that highlight growing concerns about the ability of poorer countries along the route of the BRI as it is currently k…
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