A Belt and Road Initiative display at Beijing Expo 2019, before Covid-19 changed the infrastructure fund’s focus to public health. Photo: Reuters
A Belt and Road Initiative display at Beijing Expo 2019, before Covid-19 changed the infrastructure fund’s focus to public health. Photo: Reuters
Belt and Road Initiative
China /  Diplomacy

China’s belt and road funding pivot pumps millions into public health: study

  • Little change to overall size of investments but hospitals and other infrastructure are now the focus for developing world projects
  • Analysis also shows no overseas coal plants were funded in 2021, in line with the country’s environmental commitments

Laura ZhouTeddy Ng
Laura Zhou and Teddy Ng

Updated: 7:40pm, 10 Feb, 2022

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A Belt and Road Initiative display at Beijing Expo 2019, before Covid-19 changed the infrastructure fund’s focus to public health. Photo: Reuters
A Belt and Road Initiative display at Beijing Expo 2019, before Covid-19 changed the infrastructure fund’s focus to public health. Photo: Reuters

Corrected [7:37pm, 10 Feb, 2022]

  • [7:37pm, 10 Feb, 2022]

    An earlier version of this story misspelled postdoctoral fellow Doron Ella's first name.

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