China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know

The ambitious Chinese 'One Belt One Road' Initiative will see the participation of at least 60 countries.
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
Published: Jul 21, 2017
China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know

Image by : Per-Anders Pettersson/ Getty Images

6/23
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know
  • China's 'Belt & Road' Initiative: 23 things you want to know

As the growth in China slows to a two-decade low, infrastructure development providers like cement and steel companies find the need to look beyond the borders of the country to Central Asia, Africa, and Russia. According to an article titled-'Russia and China in the age of grand Eurasian projects'-published on the Cambridge Journal of Eurasian Studies, 'The Belt and Road initiative makes this possible, since most projects associated with the initiative will be completed with China’s own contractors, labour power, and equipment.'.