Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), announced in 2013 and formalized in 2015, is China's long-term commitment and aims to …, air) and deeper economic, political, and cultural integration between China and the countries in Europe and Africa …, and ICT infrastructure as part of the China, Central Asia, West Asia economic corridor; (3) its remaining connectivity …

The debates on China’s Belt and Road Initiative often detour around the crucial question of whether China will actually …. This is usually closely tied to the idea that the contrast between China and Western countries could not be bigger.But is … China really in such a radically different position? Is its ruling party, state, economy and society really such a well …