What is China’s Belt and Road initiative?

UK agrees to help huge project amid growing concern over debt-trap diplomacy

Xi Jinping
College students watch Xi Jinping address delegates to the 19th National CPC Congress
(Image credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Chancellor Philip Hammond has said the UK is committed to helping realise the potential of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

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