ASIAN Geographic

Best of China’s Eco-nomy 20 years

Revisited

No.119 Issue 4/2016

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China’s One Belt One Road

Connecting to the rest of the world

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Shakila Rajendra

China is increasingly becoming one of the world’s biggest economic players, and in order for the country to sustain its rapid development well into the 21st century, it has set its eyes on making bigger and better connections to the rest of the world. To do this, China’s President Xi Jinping in 2015 announced the implementation of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative; an ambitious plan that seeks to connect both land and sea

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