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By: Toh Han Shih
The global economic fallout of Covid-19 can be expected to strengthen China’s ties to countries involved in Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, leaving some debt-strapped economies in worse shape and increasing their need for Chinese bailouts – a “make-or-break for the increasing globalization of the BRI,” said Andre Wheeler, chief execu…
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