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
Belt and Road Initiative
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

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
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