BRI forum: Chinese President Xi Jinping waving on arrival for a press conference at the closing of the Belt and Road Forum at Yanqi Lake on the outskirts of Beijing on April 27. — AP
READERS ask: What’s this Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which so dominated regional conversations during the last week of April until mid-May 2019?
BRI is the impetus behind a revival of the ancient Land Silk Road along Central Asia, connecting East and West, and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road – sea routes that wind through South-East Asia to Africa and beyond.
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