The narrative of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as spanning over 65 countries and gathering 62 percent of the world population, 31 percent of its GDP, and 40 percent of global land area should ...

Chinese diplomacy took a key turn in 2013 when it announced its One Belt, One Road strategy, or “一带一路”. Now commonly known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the strategy was enshrined in the ...

In just six months, Beijing has signed 176 new deals worth $124 billion, pushing the initiative’s total value beyond $1 trillion. Kazakhstan, Thailand, and Egypt lead as top recipients, while ...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative has evolved to focus on smaller, smarter projects that are embedding the country in the ...

China’s $900 billion Belt and Road Initiative to build infrastructure and markets across 68 countries on four continents, has a different feel than trade agreements initiated in the West – and ...

Belt and Road initiative quick facts • More than 60 countries have welcomed Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road investments. • China has launched the $40 billion Silk Road Fund for ...

At their recent summit in Cornwall, England, the G-7 countries backed an effort to offer an alternative to the "Belt and Road Initiative," China’s sprawling, eight-year-old effort to build ...

The Belt and Road was announced in 2013 as an economic development initiative that would create new trade corridors across Asia, Europe and Africa, positioning China at the top of the geo-economic ...

BEIJING — China's Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted trade but left big debts and raised environmental concerns.

China has bolstered economic ties with countries around the world through its "Belt and Road" program. NPR's Scott Simon asks the European University Institute's Giulio Pugliese about it.

A worker stands at the construction site of East Coast Rail Link, a Chinese-invested railway project part of the Beijing Belt and Road Initiative in Bentong, Malaysia, January 13, 2022.

China's Belt and Road initiative has built power plants, roads, railroads and ports around the world and deepened China's relations with Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Mideast.