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At its core, the project is about helping to develop China's underdeveloped regions – parts of the country that are deeply disconnected from its bustling ports. (Photo: EUobserver)

Why the EU doesn't get China's Belt and Road

Chinese leader Xi Jinping trumpeted his foreign policy vision – the Belt and Road – to great fanfare this past week.

Yet a consistently discordant note was heard from European reporting around the event, with officials talking to press about their lack of understanding of the project. While some of their concerns were understandable, there was an element of missing the point.

Xi Jinping may talk in terms of a project, but in reality what we are seeing laid out is a grand vision:...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

At its core, the project is about helping to develop China's underdeveloped regions – parts of the country that are deeply disconnected from its bustling ports. (Photo: EUobserver)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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