An Engro Powergen Thar Limited power plant under construction in Pakistan’s Thar desert is part of a US$55 billion China-Pakistan economic partnership. Photo: Bloomberg An Engro Powergen Thar Limited power plant under construction in Pakistan’s Thar desert is part of a US$55 billion China-Pakistan economic partnership. Photo: Bloomberg
An Engro Powergen Thar Limited power plant under construction in Pakistan’s Thar desert is part of a US$55 billion China-Pakistan economic partnership. Photo: Bloomberg
China /  Diplomacy

China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’: after five years, is the bloom off the rose?

A strategic environment much changed since Xi Jinping unveiled the massive infrastructure plan in 2013 has the country’s top leaders wondering how far this grand enterprise can go

Topic |   Belt and Road Initiative
Kristin HuangLaura Zhou
Kristin Huang and Laura Zhou

Updated: 4:41pm, 8 Oct, 2018

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An Engro Powergen Thar Limited power plant under construction in Pakistan’s Thar desert is part of a US$55 billion China-Pakistan economic partnership. Photo: Bloomberg An Engro Powergen Thar Limited power plant under construction in Pakistan’s Thar desert is part of a US$55 billion China-Pakistan economic partnership. Photo: Bloomberg
An Engro Powergen Thar Limited power plant under construction in Pakistan’s Thar desert is part of a US$55 billion China-Pakistan economic partnership. Photo: Bloomberg
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