Two construction workers atop a hydraulic crane at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport on March 1, 2019. The airport, scheduled for completion in June 2019, will the largest single airport terminal in the world. Photo: AFP Two construction workers atop a hydraulic crane at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport on March 1, 2019. The airport, scheduled for completion in June 2019, will the largest single airport terminal in the world. Photo: AFP
Two construction workers atop a hydraulic crane at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport on March 1, 2019. The airport, scheduled for completion in June 2019, will the largest single airport terminal in the world. Photo: AFP
Anthony Rowley
Opinion

Opinion

Macroscope by Anthony Rowley

The US-China trade war is drawing a new battle line over megaproject funding. At least it will be good for infrastructure

  • The signs of the new battle front can be seen from Italy’s endorsement of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the naming of a Trump loyalist to head the World Bank

Anthony Rowley
Anthony Rowley

Updated: 8:38pm, 24 Mar, 2019

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Two construction workers atop a hydraulic crane at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport on March 1, 2019. The airport, scheduled for completion in June 2019, will the largest single airport terminal in the world. Photo: AFP Two construction workers atop a hydraulic crane at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport on March 1, 2019. The airport, scheduled for completion in June 2019, will the largest single airport terminal in the world. Photo: AFP
Two construction workers atop a hydraulic crane at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport on March 1, 2019. The airport, scheduled for completion in June 2019, will the largest single airport terminal in the world. Photo: AFP
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Anthony Rowley

Anthony Rowley

Anthony Rowley is a veteran journalist specialising in Asian economic and financial affairs. He was formerly Business Editor and International Finance Editor of the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review and worked earlier on The Times newspaper in London