China’s massive Belt and Road initiative builds global infrastructure — and influence China’s Belt and Road Initiative is the most expensive infrastructure project in history. Chinese ...

Yara Nardi/Reuters Italy’s withdrawal from the Belt and Road Initiative would reflect disappointment with the lack of economic benefits and a more fundamental strategic rethinking of China.

Chinese contractors involved in the Belt and Road Initiative face greater challenges in democratic countries due to closer ties with the U.S. and institutions that allow opposition.

China has vowed to maintain partnerships with Africa and the rest of the Global South to further its Belt and Road projects despite the shaky geopolitical order. A spokesperson for the National People ...