Chinese President Xi Jinping is a man in a rush to build a legacy.
In 2013, only four months into his presidency, Xi launched the One Belt One Road initiative, billed as the…
- Eyck Freymann
- The Atlantic
The “New Silk Road Economic Belt” promises to connect Europe and Asia overland through a large network of highways, railways, pipelines, trade corridors, and digital infrastructure.
The “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” will build up a string of industrial port cities tracing the coastline of the South China Sea, Indian Ocean, and Suez Canal all the way to the…