The Belt and Road Initiative has three main directions: It is about joint economic development, the establishment of a multipolar geopolitics, and alternatives to the western cultural monopoly. The transatlantic establishment considers this as a threat because it needs cultural hegemony to remain in power.
In this fast-developing digitalized time, we should work to prevent any country or sections of the global population from falling into new poverty brought by digital inequality.
China has 1.4-billion population including 400 million middle-income consumers and 130 million market players. Thus, there is ample market capacity for both consumption and investment.
The initiative, which sets aside ideological differences, is a platform for economic cooperation. And the absence of ideological competition has contributed to the common development of all participants.
The Orange Line Metro Train in Lahore is not only a transportation infrastructure project, but also a livelihood project that benefits local people.
The Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China is not only a powerful economic project, but also a project developing international ties in the fields of culture, education and tourism.
The Belt and Road Initiative and its dialogue framework rooted in extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits align with the emerging international structure of multilateralism, which was the goal of the historic struggles of the South, of which Africa has been the spiritual mainstream.
Until the COVID-19 outbreak, the Belt and Road initiative had emerged as the most successful integration platform for years on the world stage, guaranteeing common prosperity and win-win results.
China and BRI countries should closely work together to devise plans to prevent the economic fallout by the pandemic from having severe impact on BRI projects.
The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of China-Ethiopia diplomatic relations. The development of long-term friendly and cooperative relations between China and Ethiopia serves the aspirations and interests of the two peoples.
Former Secretary General of the League of Arab States talked about China, its development and its Belte and Road Initiative.
Mongolia and China are aiming to bring trade volume to $10 billion by 2020.
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