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China Rebrands BRI Amid Global Chaos

For Beijing, the timing, although coincidental, couldn’t have been better. For Washington, it couldn’t have been worse

Oct 20, 2023
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Mr Xi draws a crowd

While the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas (and the people of Gaza) has had no impact on China’s celebrations of the completed decade of the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), it has left the US in a dilemma with its politically obligatory support of all things Israeli. With a global representation from 130 c…

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