
Will the West’s answer to China’s belt and road lead anywhere? – South China Morning Post
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A planned meeting of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue leaders in the autumn to discuss how the United States and its allies Australia, Japan and India can fund infrastructure projects is the latest effort towards a Western-led alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative that has helped Beijing to grow its influence.
Since the start of the year, the European Union, US, India and Japan have in separate meetings pledged to cooperate more closely on international infrastructure projects, even…Read More
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