Building support for the Belt and Road

Xi Jinping has laid out what is going to be the defining foreign policy vision of his leadership in the form of the Belt and Road. An all-encompassing initiative, it is something that repeated Chinese leaders have said they want to engage with foreign partners on, in particular with European capitals given the vision is one that starts in China and ends in Europe. Yet, there is still a lack of clarity around exactly what this initiative actually looks like and how it is that foreigners can engage with China on this project. Beijing needs to lay out more clearly what it needs and wants from the world to implement this vision.

China: Policies: Belt and Road Initiative http://english.gov.cn/beltAndRoad/

ESO: Background information: China: setting the agenda(s)? http://www.europeansources.info/record/china-setting-the-agendas/

Wikipedia: One Belt, One Road https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Belt,_One_Road

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