Many of China's Belt & Road Initiative projects put on hold due to Covid-19

Beijing

THE Covid-19 pandemic and its ensuing global economic crisis will push China to change its Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) strategy, both in the short and long term, according to analysts.

Since the beginning of the outbreak, many of China's BRI projects have been put on hold, as international pressure has mounted for the world's second-largest economy to delay and write off debt repayments to developing countries.