Title:

 China’s Belt and Road Initiative paved with risk and red herrings

Author:

Alvin A Camba and Kuek Jia Yao

Source:

East Asia Forum

Date:

June 26, 2018

Description:

There is no shortage of sceptics of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Indeed, stories about the BRI often include the evocation of debt ‘traps’ and ‘vassal states’. While some concerns merit consideration, popular criticisms of the BRI tend to be built upon incomplete and distorted stereotypes, which only draws attention away from the actual shortcomings of the BRI that need to be addressed.