Behind companies have cut wages and council bonuses for the employees in downtown beijing the traces of the past 6 months are still visible. Businesses have been hit hard by this crisis many had little to no income for months and months and many shops and restaurants have to shut down experts have long warned of chinas imbalance growth too much investment and consumption corporate 19 has made these warnings ever more urgent. China has a history of ambitious projects the great wall of china the silk road and now its new silk road officially known as the belgian Road Initiative its the largest Infrastructure Project ever seen the transport Energy Mining i. T. And communications projects spanned the globe and even reach into outer space the original so proud basing quaint according to todays standards but the fact is it paved the way to where we are now. A brief history of the silk road 6400 kilometers searing 50 degree celsius heat the bitter cold of 40 below across steps deserts and hig