How China’s Belt and Road Took Over the World

How China’s Belt and Road Took Over the World

Advertisement On September 7, 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. Titled “Work Together to Build the Silk Road Economic Belt,” the address evoked the history of the ancient Silk Road, which Xi traced back to a Chinese envoy in the 2nd century BC. The speech, as befitted … Read more

A Decade Down the Belt and Road

A Decade Down the Belt and Road

Magazine One decade of the BRI: Where it started, how it has changed, and where it may be going. Workers use a measuring line at the construction site of Halim Station ahead of an operational test run of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train in September, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 12, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Dita Alangkara Advertisement … Read more