A View of the Belt and Road from Southeast Asia

Western press coverage of China’s Belt and Road Initiative is frequently filtered through anxieties about shifts in the West’s own international influence. So it’s very interesting to watch this new documentary about the BRI by Singapore’s state-owned Channel News Asia. It gives equal time to the opportunities seen by Global South countries in the BRI and the many reasons why BRI projects become unpopular.

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