In an article published in China Daily, Keith Bennett greets the recent meeting on the BRI, noting that it is in the interests of “countries and peoples with whom China has shared weal and woe for many decades, going back to the days of mutual national liberation struggles against colonialism and imperialism and for independence”. The British government’s disdain for the initiative is all the more reprehensible in that it rejects cooperation with China that could benefit the interests of Britain’s own decaying infrastructure.

Britain’s disdain for the Belt and Road Initiative goes against the national interest. Article in China Daily. 18 October 2023.

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