Chinese President Xi Jinping hears how the Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group is participating in the belt and road construction while visiting the company plant in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, last December. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping hears how the Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group is participating in the belt and road construction while visiting the company plant in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, last December. Photo: Xinhua

China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ is good for the world, despite what Western critics say

Wenshan Jia says Western criticism of the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ overlooks how increased cooperation and connectivity benefits the liberal world order, and how all countries can gain from it

Chinese President Xi Jinping hears how the Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group is participating in the belt and road construction while visiting the company plant in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, last December. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping hears how the Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group is participating in the belt and road construction while visiting the company plant in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, last December. Photo: Xinhua
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