Box for its road its initiative its under pressure on transparency from western capitals they say struggling economies are being sucked into the project and saddled with debt china says it understands the concerns and is calling for suggestions prior to an international congress. With a week to go until thousands of delegates gather in beijing for a summit to celebrate developed and Road Initiative chinas singing songs of praise for the vast infrastructure project. The message on Chinese State t. V. Is the new silk road is a Glorious Endeavor Connecting China With Asia Europe and beyond state lenders say the new silk road includes Eight Hundred projects with loans of over a trillion dollars critics say the belgian road is the way to expand chinese influence they say countries could be taking on massive debts. Chinas leaders including president xi insists the project has brought real benefits for participating countries. I would like to stress
that this Partner Relationship is not a geo
that this partner relationship is not a geo political tool but a platform for cooperation we welcome all sides equal participation on engagement. over one hundred fifty countries will attend and thirty seven foreign leaders have signed up china s allies like pakistan and russia will be there but also easily switzerland and austria the u.s. is sending only low level representatives out of belgian road conference in the united arab emirates officials are bullish. keen to beat. the chinese companies to use. to reach two different markets from. some critics feel beijing is leading the world in a merry dance with some fans are clearly singing to the new silk road chuen. well andrea hange is our asia correspondent in singapore cliff a coon and spent fifteen years reporting in china cliff it will stop with you let s