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Rethinking Belt-and-Road debt
Developing economies need the infrastructure financed by China, but worry about the debts - and the compromises - they may have to make.
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Mon, Sep 3, 2018 · 09:50 PM
Hong Kong
CHINA has launched a new publicity drive to promote the benefits of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) - and the surprise is that a publicity campaign is necessary at all.
BRI was unveiled in late 2013 to build infrastructure in Asia, Africa and Europe, strengthening trade linkages via new versions of old land and sea routes between East and West. It aims to show that China is a strong global payer, financing viable projects and not just projecting strategic power.
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