Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

At Luban Workshops locals are trained on Chinese technology with Chinese standards as part of a full court press to globalize Chinese tech.

Critics pushing the “debt trap diplomacy” slogan often downplay the fact that BRI debt is as much a problem for China as it is for borrowing countries.

Since its inception in 2015, the headline BRI project has seen repeated delays and inflated costs.

The report shows both the extent of Chinese lending to the region and the agency with which governments have engaged with the BRI.

ASEAN wrestles with Chinese debt and post-pandemic recovery plans.

Although Vietnam's Chinese debt burden is low compared to some of its neighbors, it is still a worry for the Communist Party mandarins in Hanoi.

Of the slew of BRI megaproject deals signed over the first five years of the initiative, most have either been canceled or come to a standstill.

Insights from Benjamin Barton.

Put together, these two seemingly unrelated developments signal a new U.S. strategy in the competition with China.

China will face a number of difficulties in implementing the BRI in Afghanistan.

The Taliban will welcome the hard infrastructure elements of the BRI. The “soft” components are a different story.

The completion of the railway will deepen China's influence over the landlocked nation of seven million.