Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. When China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) launched in 2013, I was a great admirer. On paper, it was—and remains—the most ...

This video examines China’s Belt and Road Initiative, one of the most ambitious infrastructure and economic projects in modern history. It explores how China is building trade routes across Asia, ...

China’s growth rate remains impressive, even if on the decline. The country’s continuing economic gains owe much to the Chinese state’s (1) still considerable ability to direct the activity of ...

Since its launch, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has struggled to cope with the political challenges of infrastructure development in low-income and often politically unstable developing ...

CHINA’S LEADER, Xi Jinping, sees difficult times ahead. At a conclave of the Communist Party’s most senior officials that ended on October 23rd he warned that over the next five years the task of ...