BEIJING — China's Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted trade but left big debts and raised environmental concerns.

China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative was sold as a gift to the world, global infrastructure, mutual prosperity, ...

Part of the Belt and Road’s brilliance is how it strongly aligns with China’s domestic economic interests. But clearer priorities would help minimize waste and guard against rent seeking. To succeed, ...

For the past decade, China has used its so-called Belt and Road Initiative to create better relations through massive infrastructure loans. Nearly 150 countries have participated.

Looking back on history, the Belt and Road Initiative is deeply rooted in the splendid history of the ancient Silk Road in China, staying true to the Silk Road spirit of peace and cooperation ...

In becoming a strategy, the Belt and Road could also become a better vehicle for regional integration and, ultimately, contribute more to the global economy. It is not too late. By one account, the ...

The most important development of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in 2017 might end up being not its first summit in Beijing, but the expansion of the project into Latin America.

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s modern-day revival of the ancient Silk Road, aims to connect Asia, Europe and Africa through more than 60 countries, which collectively account for ...

• Belt and Road initiative projects accounted for more than 40 percent of China’s overseas construction projects in the first half of 2015, ...

I sort of expected the Belt and Road initiative, given its hype, to increase that sum. So far, though, it hasn’t. We don’t have the complete numbers for 2017 yet.

China’s $900 billion Belt and Road Initiative to build infrastructure and markets across 68 countries on four continents, has a different feel than trade agreements initiated in the West – and ...

The way in which the Belt and Road Initiative is discussed has subtly changed over the years. No longer are doubts raised so readily. The problems, however, have not gone away.