“Crucially, the Syrian government hopes the BRI agreement will allow it to rebuild much of the estimated $120bn worth of damage done to its cities and infrastructure after more than 10 years of civil war.”
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Is China on its way to global supremacy, and if so, at what cost for developing countries?
“The ambition is immense” – one economist explains in their analysis of ‘What is China’s Belt and Road initiative?’ (BRI). The strategy launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, involves supplying trillions of dollars as part of an infrastructure project to reroute global trade. For instance, gas pipelines from the Caspian Sea to China. It […]
Ai Wei Wei at The Royal Academy of Art
Kajol Lally, BA History and Social Anthropology Ai Weiwei’s first major UK exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art is a thought provoking and intense display of the difficulty faced by many artists. Weiwei deals with challenging themes reflecting human rights, freedom of self-expression and a generation’s political struggle against the Chinese government. The show […]