One Belt–One Road (OBOR) / Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
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Climate
OBOR’s environmental costs continue to mount after a decade
FORUM Staff In the decade since Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping announced his One Belt, One Road (OBOR) infrastructure scheme, growing evidence shows that the program’s expansive projects often harm the environment. Through OBOR — Xi’s vision to increase the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) reach throughout the Indo-Pacific, Africa, Latin America and Europe — Beijing has distributed…
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Conflicts - Tensions
OBOR scheme turns PRC into world’s largest debt collector
FORUM Staff The People’s Republic of China (PRC) — the world’s second-largest economy — is now the world’s single-largest source of international debt, according to a new report from AidData, a United States-based research lab. AidData calculated that more than half of the loans Beijing has made as part of its One Belt, One Road (OBOR) infrastructure scheme have entered…
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South Asia
Sri Lanka hopeful of deals to overcome financial crisis
FORUM Staff Sri Lanka continues working to move past its worst financial crisis in decades through talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a bailout agreement. The country also expects a debt relief deal with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), its largest creditor. Sri Lanka had U.S. $7.4 billion in outstanding Chinese debt by the end of 2021,…
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Conflicts - Tensions
As OBOR faces more hurdles, Xi may be eyeing another rebranding
FORUM Staff Nearly a decade after it was unveiled with much fanfare, Beijing’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) infrastructure scheme continues to trail controversy in its path, prompting speculation that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping is attempting yet another rebranding of his troubled signature policy as he wrestles with unprecedented domestic challenges. During an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation…
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Asymmetric Threats
One Road, Big Debts
Chinese Infrastructure Scheme Leaves Trail of Buyers’ Remorse
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Conflicts - Tensions
A Unified Multidomain Solution
INDIAN ARMY MAJ. GEN. (RET.) S B ASTHANA During a conversation with United States President Joe Biden, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping attempted to create the impression that a bipolar world order exists. Xi’s aggressive posturing during that November 2021 virtual summit was likely rejuvenated by his unchallenged mandate in the sixth plenary session of the CCP’s…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
CCP’s international militarization record contradicts its denials of intent to build Solomons base
FORUM Staff The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has repeatedly militarized structures in other countries despite claims when the development agreements were signed that it had “no intention” of building military bases on the sites. Given the CCP’s record, nations in the Indo-Pacific have reason to doubt the communist regime’s denials in late May 2022 regarding construction of military infrastructure in…
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Climate
PRC’s scheme poses threats to environment, biodiversity
Tom Abke Media reports have long chronicled environmental threats posed by the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) One Belt, One Road (OBOR) infrastructure projects worldwide. They range from deforestation in South Asia to increased coal pollution in Serbia to depleted fish stocks in the Mekong River. Environmental degradation has already been directly linked to many specific OBOR development projects. Now…
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