How China Plans to Salvage Its Faltering Belt and Road Initiative

Chinese officials have acknowledged that the Belt and Road Initiative isn’t going as planned. Now, as Chinese leader Xi Jinping looks to secure an unprecedented third term, China is seeking to overhaul its ambitious foreign policy program. Here’s why the Belt and Road Initiative is broken, what a Belt and Road 2.0 might look like, and the challenges such an overhaul could pose for China. 0:00 Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative is being retooled 0:32 Why Belt and Road Is broken 3:11 Five ways belt and road may change 5:00 The risks of overhauling Belt and Road To find out more about Kenya’s SGR railway and the country’s $3.6 billion debt to China, check out George’s video here: I’m Shelby Holliday, a reporter for WSJ. Subscribe to join me as I explain some of today’s most pressing geopolitical events, from superpower showdowns and conflicts to supply chain snarls and natural resource struggles. #China #BeltAndRoad #ShelbyHoll