He says the remarks from the critics of the initiative 'do not hold water, either theoretically and practically'.
Ambassador Lin Songtian at a high-level seminar on China's Belt and Road Initiative which took place in Pretoria on Thursday. PHOTO: Jonisayi Maromo / ANA
“Certain people in the United States and other Western countries are very fearful that the Belt and Road Initiative will achieve success, they are fearful that China and the world will realise interconnected and common development. So they never ceased to hype up the fallacies of the so-called “neocolonialism, geopolitical tool, and debt crisis, debt trap, and taking over the strategic asset” against China.
Lin said the remarks from the critics of the Belt and Road Initiative “do not hold water, either theoretically and practically”. On Thursday, Lin said that to date, a total of 126 countries and 29 international organisations had signed 174 BRI cooperation documents with China.
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