A China Wins Twice Proposition: The Belt and Road Initiative

13 Pages Posted: 16 Feb 2019

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James M. Dorsey

Nanyang Technological University - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies; University of Wuerzburg - Institute of Fan Culture/Institute of Sport Science

Date Written: February 5, 2019

Abstract

China’s dazzling infrastructure and energy driven Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a $1 trillion investment across Eurasia and beyond, has lost its shine. Increasingly, China’s leveraging of the initiative is being perceived by recipients and critics alike as a geopolitical power play, a tool to shape a new world order populated by autocrats and authoritarians, and characterized by intrusive surveillance, a potential debt trap, and a self-serving way to address domestic overcapacity.

Suggested Citation

Dorsey, James M., A China Wins Twice Proposition: The Belt and Road Initiative (February 5, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3329619 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3329619

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