Belt and Road is an umbrella term used to cover a range of Chinese funded and usually Chinese built [[infrastructure]] projects around the globe. Usually it's a condition of funding that the host country uses Chinese companies and often Chinese workers to build the project and often the relevant facilities are then run by Chinese personnel. For vulnerable countries and ambitious leaders, a big advantage of Belt and Road money is that it rarely involves the accountability and transparency requirements of a regular loan and is often accompanied by massive political | Belt and Road is an umbrella term used to cover a range of Chinese funded and usually Chinese built [[infrastructure]] projects around the globe. Usually it's a condition of funding that the host country uses Chinese companies and often Chinese workers to build the project and often the relevant facilities are then run by Chinese personnel. For vulnerable countries and ambitious leaders, a big advantage of Belt and Road money is that it rarely involves the accountability and transparency requirements of a regular loan and is often accompanied by massive political |