The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – under which China is connecting itself with its “natural partners” along the Silk Road trading routes of the past – continues to be a guide for the Arab world and the Middle East.
Even as Americans launched Chinese-made fireworks in celebration of the Fourth of July, the future of the tradition fell under threat by executive trade war policies. Who will be the brake within the American system?
It is hardly surprising when global media outlets react negatively to announcements of Chinese spending figures on issues of regional and international importance. China’s uptick in its defense budget for 2018 was no exception.
The three-day Fortune Global Forum 2017 in Guangzhou is now drawing to a close, yet the heated discussion on “Openness and Innovation: Shaping the Global Economy” continues.
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