Chinese President Xi Jinping shared his vision for global modernization at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.  

Over the last ten years, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has brought high-quality infrastructure to Africa, Asia and Latin America and parts of Europe. It’s spearheaded over 3,000 projects, worth close to a trillion U.S. dollars of investment. 

For more on China’s Belt and Road Forum, our guests are: 

• Yan Liang is a chair professor of Economics at Willamette University. 
• Anton Fedyashin is a Russian affairs expert and Professor of History at American University. 
• Abdullahi Boru Halakhe is an African security and policy analyst.  
• Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow with the Taihe Institute and Chair of Asia Narratives in Beijing.

"What we stand against are unilateral sanctions, economic coercion, and decoupling and supply chain disruption."

Chinese President Xi Jinping touted his signature Belt and Road Initiative as a sweeting alternative to the US-led world order https://t.co/SxmdtqmIBG pic.twitter.com/am0Agbyvq8

— Bloomberg (@business) October 18, 2023

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Africa is becoming an economic, political and social powerhouse as he attended China’s Belt and Road Initiative Summit in Beijing https://t.co/4GM0iN9cN2 pic.twitter.com/QjEcN7awXD

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 18, 2023