Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
What connects a village in Southeast Asia, a railway crossing Europe and a factory in Africa?
The answer lies in a vision China proposed over 13 years ago, the Belt and Road Initiative.
And China has been re...
Defining this proposal ever since.
To be exact, four important meetings have taken place, the first dating back to August 2016,
exactly 10 years ago, each marking a new stage in how this idea has evolved.
Fast forward to today, the BRI has redefined international economic cooperation.
With over 150 countries signing up, representing three-quarters of the world's population and over half of global GDP.
I bet you didn't know this initiative has grown to be so big.
So what has this sprawling initiative actually changed on the ground?
How is it built to last?
And most importantly, how has it been impacting your life watching wherever you are in the world?
Welcome to this edition of The Point with me, Liu Xin, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined from Jinhua, an inland city in East China's Zhejiang Province,
by Xia Lu, Professor of CPC History and a Research Fellow at the National Academy of Development
and Strategies at the Remy University of China, from Colombo, Sri Lanka,
by Yasir Rana Raja, Director of the Belt and Road Initiative Sri Lanka, and from Pernambu.
Pan-cambodia by digby ran chair of the battle road capital partners