It includes a reference to regional development initiatives such as China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Together, they constitute the BRI (originally “One Belt One Road”, until the Chinese recently changed the name). There are only two each from South Asia, Central Asia and Africa and none from West Asia. Will it walk its altruistic talk and include the existing land corridor from India to Afghanistan, through Pakistan, in the BRI? This corridor would intersect the CPEC and may therefore open new routes for Chinese goods to both India and Afghanistan, besides promoting India, Pakistan and Afghanistan trade.

Source: The Hindu May 03, 2017 18:45 UTC