Since it was launched two years ago, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has sparked praise, skepticism, and even violence, resulting in widespread confusion about what’s driving this $55 billion energy and infrastructure effort, and how it will impact the region.
Quotes and Quotas is a weekly digest of phrases and facts that help explain Asia’s infrastructure push.
As China looks westward for energy security and the United States seeks to commit more attention to the Pacific, the U.S. must decide how it will try to shape China’s role in the Middle East.
Autonomous vehicles have the potential to re-shape the continent of Asia’s economic geography, but they face infrastructure challenges unique to the region.
Here’s what four leaders had to say about China and its “One Belt, One Road” policy at the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos.