China is going full speed ahead with its One Belt, One Road project to transform the ancient Silk Road into a 21st century trade corridor. The project is forecast to bring in $2.5 trillion within a decade.
China is looking to its neighbors (Pakistan, Afghanistan and other Central Asian nations) to make the plan a reality.
CCTV’s Han Peng reports from Beijing.
The Heat spoke with the following panel about China’s foreign policy in South and Central Asia.
- Omar Samad is an adviser to the chief executive of Afghanistan, and also Afghanistan’s former ambassador to Canada and France.
- Masood Khan is Pakistan’s former ambassador to China and the United Nations.
- Ye Hailin is Chief Secretary of South Asia Studies