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China’s Historic Silk Road is Resurrected from the Rubble

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In 2013, President Xi Jin Ping introduced an initiative to construct a modern-day equivalent of the Silk Road as part of the country’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With growth flagging, China needs vast amounts of energy and raw materials to maintain momentum. million barrels of oil a day from the continent. “We

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