May 7, 2019, Strategic Culture Foundation (Russia) https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/05/07/nuclear-war-vs-belt-and-road-initiative-why-china-will-prevail/
Federico Pieraccini*
The
global trend in international relations is often difficult to discern. But
one can be helped in this task by looking at two events, organized in
Washington and Beijing, comparing the different themes, participants,
objectives, and broached for discussion. After all, we are
talking about the two largest economies in the world, two colossi directing and
shaping global culture, behavior and world opinion.
The
last few weeks have offered the international community an opportunity to
reflect. Two events took place in Washington and Beijing that, in terms of
impact, depth, participation and issues discussed, are striking contrasts.
In
Beijing at the Belt
and Road Forum over 40 world leaders discussed the Belt
and Road Initiative (BRI), a project that will transform the entire Eurasian
continent, improving free trade between dozens of countries by investing in
transport infrastructure as well as in energy and technological cooperation.
The leader of this silent industrial revolution is China’s Xi Jinping, casting
ancient ambitions and perspectives into the new millennium, anxious to once
again acquire the leading role in global civilization.
The
BRI is a gigantic project that will continue to expand in the years to come and
at the rate the current technology allows, while of course remaining cognizant
of the needs of the countries involved in the Chinese project. The numbers of
participants at Beijing’s BRI event are astonishing, with more than 5,000
delegates, 37 heads of state (including that of G7 member Italy), and 10 of the
most important members
