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China, the Peacemaker?

The Intercept Briefing

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The Impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative on Eurasian Politics

China has in the last 10 years expended a little over $3 trillion in massive development loans. They've laid up a grid of steel grid across the Eurasian landmass for the first time, unifying Europe and Asia. And then they've also ringed the whole world island with 40 ports stretching from Sri Lanka around the coast of Africa to Hamburg and Germany. It's kind of like the grinding of the tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface that periodically manifest themselves in earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.

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