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The Economist-Who gains the most from Chinas Belt and Road Initiative Podcasts

September 19, 2023   1 min   191 words

这篇报道涉及中国的“一带一路”倡议,该倡议在过去十年中吸引了150多个国家的签署。该报道通过播客的形式展示了对这一倡议的深入探讨,特别是在老挝的实地考察。在这个报道中,主要提出了一个关键问题:到底谁从“一带一路”倡议中受益最多,是东道国像老挝这样的国家,还是中国本身? 这是一个非常值得讨论的问题,因为“一带一路”倡议对全球经济和地缘政治格局都产生了深远影响。通过老挝的实例,文章突显了基础设施建设对于东道国的潜在好处,但同时也引发了对债务问题和地缘政治影响的担忧。 这篇报道为我们提供了深入了解中国的全球影响力扩张以及其对参与国家的影响的机会。我们需要继续关注“一带一路”倡议的发展,特别是关注其长期影响和各方的权衡。 总之,这篇报道提出了一个引人深思的问题,将有助于引发更广泛的讨论,以理解中国在全球政治和经济中的作用。

Ten years ago Xi Jinping announced the “project of the century”, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Over the last decade, more than 150 countries have signed up to Mr Xi’s global infrastructure project.

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In this first episode of a two-part look at the BRI, Alice Su, The Economist’s senior China correspondent, travels to Laos to assess the impact of the project. She rides a train from Luang Prabang to the Chinese border, on a railway built by China.

She and David Rennie, our Beijing bureau chief, ask who gains more from the Belt and Road Initiative: a host country like Laos; or Beijing? Runtime: 43 min

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