li keqiang is in croatia meeting leaders from eastern and central europe to talk business this after a key e.u. summit in which he pledged to open up his country s economy beijing has become a huge investor in the region whether it s spending nearly matching that of the european union but some members fear china is attempting to drive a wedge between brussels and other european nations using cheap loans and joint partnerships. it by not look like much but this will soon be the site of a four hundred twenty million euro bridge spanning the adriatic. it s fine in some part with chinese money. projects like these are intended to build a bridge between beijing and states in eastern and southern europe. asia in hopes of further cement its foothold in europe for its belt and road initiative it would see china secure a transit corridor for its products from beijing to the heart of the continent. this is the plan site of a new high speed rail connection between serbia and even member hungry. o