China's Belt and Road Initiative, announced in late 2013, includes the construction of land-based transport connections … between Asia and Europe, the creation of an economic belt for Eurasian cooperation, and maritime routes between China and all … programme. This paper focuses on the scope for rail services between China and Europe to attract freight currently travelling by …

We study potential internal effects of China's Belt and Road Initiative. These effects may occur sooner than the … of the overland Silk Road Economic Belt, we identify 46 prefectural‐level units in a corridor from the China …, more diverse, poorer, and less productive than are prefectural‐level units in the rest of China. The Belt and Road …