“One Belt, One Road”: China's Vision of Connectivity
Beijing constructs huge infrastructural links to better connect China with the rest of the world. China’s neighbors remain wary of geopolitical implications.
A $1.4 billion initiative to construct a port city in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is a crucial part of Beijing’s One Belt, One Road strategy. jgmorard/flickr.
President Xi Jinping has outlined plans to construct huge infrastructural links to better connect China with the rest of the world. This strategic vision of a “New Silk Road” is now more often referred to as the “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative. Beijing is allocating huge amounts of finance to the project, but China’s neighbors remain wary of OBOR’s geopolitical implications.