The Belt and Road, as seen from China
A slowing economy saps public enthusiasm for big projects far from home
For years Xi Jinping has been inviting the world to hitch a ride on the “express train of China’s development”. The slogan is a Xi favourite, wheeled out when the Communist Party chief talks to foreign leaders about economic co-operation, especially via the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global infrastructure programme launched a decade ago this month.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “The Belt and Road, seen from China”
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