President Xi Jinping vows the infrastructure initiative’s projects will be green, sustainable and deliver growth for all
Chinese President Xi Jinping walks to greet Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov before the start of their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, April 28 2019. Picture: MADOKA IKEGAMI / AFP
The Belt and Road scheme seeks to build a modern version of the Silk Road to link China with Asia, Europe and beyond through large-scale infrastructure projects. “We must explain this point to the world, to win even greater understanding and support,” the ministry paraphrased Xi as saying. British chancellor Philip Hammond said that for Belt and Road to be successful it had to deliver “the highest international standards of transparency, of governance, but also of environmental integrity”.
State media also reined back a propaganda offensive that in 2017 featured songs in awkward-sounding English on their social media feeds praising Belt and Road.China’s fearsome propaganda machine was never going to be entirely absent, however.
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