BEIJING: China is “fed up” with hearing complaints from the United States about its Belt and Road programme to re-create the old Silk Road, the government said, following stinging criticism from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The initiative, a key thrust of President Xi Jinping’s administration, has hit opposition in some countries over fears that its opaque financing could lead to unsustainable debt and that it aims more to promote Chinese influence than development.
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