domestic problems China faces are of a similar magnitude to the challenges with which many Western governments are grappling …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 …

program launched and largely financed by the People's Republic of China and providing for the construction/modernization of … port, road, railroad, pipeline, energy and communications networks linking up China, Eurasia, Europe and Africa through … resource supply and security issues for China. Thanks to the initiative, trans-Eurasian railroad container conveyance is …