Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road initiative could shape the

economic future of China and its neighbours near and far. But will the

Beijing-led project be read as a geopolitical manoeuver?

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President Xi Jinping, his wife Peng Liyuan (centre) and distinguished guests of the Belt and Road Forum for

International Cooperation attend a welcome banquet in Beijing, May 14, 2017 Photo by CNS