https://www.scmp.com/rss/507956/feed Ryan M. Pearson is Research Fellow and Project Manager in the Global Wetland Project at Griffith University. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China’s signature foreign policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, has garnered much attention and controversy. Many have voiced fears about how the huge infrastructure project might expand China’s military and political influence across the world. But the environmental damage potentially wrought by the project has received scant attention. The policy aims to connect China with Europe, East Africa and the rest of Asia, via a massive network of land and maritime routes. It includes building a series... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3110714/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-may-damage-worlds-oceans-or-help?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3110714/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-may-damage-worlds-oceans-or-help?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:43:24 +0000