In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced what we now know as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a $900 billion global project that would seek to connect international trade routes in a modern day version on the Silk Road.
- Austin Doehler
- The Diplomat
As a result of this project, China has emerged as a relatively new yet significant actor in the Western Balkans.
The cornerstone of China’s economic expansion into southeastern Europe has been its purchase of the Greek port of Piraeus, which…