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Growth of autocracies will expand Chinese global influence via Belt and Road Initiative as it enters second decade

  • Written by Richard Carney, Associate professor of global studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Growth of autocracies will expand Chinese global influence via Belt and Road Initiative as it enters second decadeXi Jinping shakes hands with Chinese construction workers at a Belt and Road Initiative site in Trinidad and Tobago in June 2023.Frederic Dubray/AFP via Getty Images

China currently faces daunting challenges in its domestic economy. But weakness in the real estate market and consumer spending at home is unlikely to stem its rising influence abroad....

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