English only In 2013, the Chinese government put forward an economic development strategy to connect continents and people together. Called the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), it comprises a so-called “Silk Road” based on the ancient network of trade routes that once connected China with Eurasia. The modern manifestation would link China with both Southeast and South Asia, Central Asia, Russia and Europe by land, and a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road – or sea route – to connect China’s coastal regions with those in Asia, as well as the South Pacific, the Middle East and Eastern Africa, all the […]