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How huge Belt and Road project is building Chinese influence

China's massive Belt and Road initiative builds global infrastructure -- and influence

09/27/2019

PBS News Hour

How huge Belt and Road project is building Chinese influence

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China's massive Belt and Road initiative builds global infrastructure -- and influence

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is the most expensive infrastructure project in history. Chinese companies are constructing roads, pipelines and railroads across the globe. But they are also building China’s influence, and critics in the U.S. and Asia worry Belt and Road projects can reduce countries’ sovereignty and grow Chinese power. With the help of the Pulitzer Center, Nick Schifrin reports.

09/27/2019

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