Editorial Board
A New Direction for China’s Belt and Road
The massive infrastructure development program needs a course correction.
Even Pakistan has begun to question some Chinese loans.
Photographer: Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg“To get rich, first build a road” is one of those Chinese proverbs that tends to impress foreigners — evoking, as it does, a combination of farsightedness and concern for practicalities. As China is discovering with its globe-spanning Belt and Road project, though, the world doesn’t always play along. The initiative has run into trouble, and its success now depends on revisiting both the vision and the details.
QuicktakeChina’s New Silk Road