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The '''One Belt, One Road Initiative''' ('''OBOR''') or '''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 use Chinese companies, and often Chinese workers, to build the project. Often the relevant facilities are then run by Chinese personnel. For economically vulnerable countries with 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 donations. If the host country can't make the payments, China than repossesses the project.  

The '''One Belt, One Road Initiative''' ('''OBOR''') or '''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 use Chinese companies, and often Chinese workers, to build the project. Often the relevant facilities are then run by Chinese personnel. For economically vulnerable countries with 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 donations. If the host country can't make the payments, China than repossesses the project.  

Chinese officials are quite open that Belt and Road is aimed at creating a Eurasia wide Chinese led bloc to counter the [[United States]].

Officials of the [[People's Republic of China]] are quite open that Belt and Road is aimed at creating a Eurasia wide Chinese led bloc to counter the [[United States]].

The basic is idea is rebuilding the ancient [[Silk Route]] between Europe and China through the [[Islam]]ic world, however China is also building a modern [[navy]] and ports to access raw materials from Africa for its manufacturing base.  The [[Chinese Communist Party]]'s loss of free access to the American consumer market to dump cheap manufactured goods, couple with worldwide revulsion stemming from the CCP's [[negligence|criminal negligence]] and mishandling of the [[CCP global pandemic]], has dampened enthusiasm for the project outside of China.  Massive [[unemployment]] inside China resulting from the [[CCP virus]] and imminent trade restrictions due years of [[human rights]] abuses by the [[communist]] regime portend instability for years to come.

The basic is idea is rebuilding the ancient [[Silk Route]] between Europe and China through the [[Islam]]ic world, however China is also building a modern [[navy]] and ports to access raw materials from Africa for its manufacturing base.  The [[Chinese Communist Party]]'s loss of free access to the American consumer market to dump cheap manufactured goods, couple with worldwide revulsion stemming from the CCP's [[negligence|criminal negligence]] and mishandling of the [[CCP global pandemic]], has dampened enthusiasm for the project outside of China.  Massive [[unemployment]] inside China resulting from the [[CCP virus]] and imminent trade restrictions due years of [[human rights]] abuses by the [[communist]] regime portend instability for years to come.