https://www.scmp.com/rss/511906/feed Selina Ho is Assistant Professor in International Affairs at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She specializes in Chinese politics and foreign policy, with a focus on infrastructure politics and water disputes. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aims to create land and sea connectivity via a global web of infrastructure projects that will facilitate the flow of people and goods. This vision of connectivity is shared by the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) states. It did not come from China alone. Asean countries themselves have ideas about connectivity. For instance, the idea of a pan-Asia railway did not originate from China but from Malaysia and Asean itself. Asean also has a master plan... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3167110/can-belt-and-road-initiative-bridge-peace-gap-between-china-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3167110/can-belt-and-road-initiative-bridge-peace-gap-between-china-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:00:17 +0000