China has become the world’s largest lender through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also called the New Silk Road. This initiative, a cornerstone of leader Xi Jinping’s foreign policy, supports about 21,000 global infrastructure projects. It has loaned over $1.3 trillion in the past decade, mainly for bridges, ports, and highways in low and […]
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