CHINA
China’s Silk Road Initiative Sows European Discomfort
Mark Magnier and Chun Han Wong, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
China’s bid to mobilize dozens of countries and billions of dollars for its ambitious Silk Road infrastructure plan bumped into European dissent at a high-profile Beijing forum, underscoring difficulties in marshaling consensus over Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s globalization blueprint. China received support for most of its proposals over the two-day meeting, but failed to secure European endorsement of a planned statement on trade, diplomats said. The discord marred an outwardly convivial conclave designed to promote Mr. Xi’s signature economic-diplomacy initiative—known as “One Belt, One …read more
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