Belt and Road Initiative

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also known as the New Silk Road, is a plan by the government of the People's Republic of China to build infrastructure for transportation, from China to other countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa.^[1] The project was announced in 2013. The "Belt" means the roads and railway tracks on land.^[2] The "Road" means sea routes.^[2]

At first, it was called "One Belt, One Road" (OBOR, Chinese: 一帶一路 / 一带一路, pinyin: Yidai Yilu).^[3]

A high-speed railway in Thailand is part of OBOR; the Bangkok-Phitsanulok High-Speed Railway is under construction (as of 2017).

References[change | change source]

↑ Sausmikat, Nora; Noesselt, Nele. "Alte Seidenstrasse in neuem Gewand. Chinas Globalisierungsoffensive" (PDF). Stiftung Asienhaus (in German). giga-hamburg.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Kuo, Lily; Kommenda, Niko. "What is China's Belt and Road Initiative?". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
↑ "BRI Instead of OBOR – China Edits the English Name of its Most Ambitious International Project". liia.lv. July 28, 2016. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.

This short article about transport can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

[1] Sausmikat, Nora; Noesselt, Nele. "Alte Seidenstrasse in neuem Gewand. Chinas Globalisierungsoffensive" (PDF). Stiftung Asienhaus (in German). giga-hamburg.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-05-07.

[what-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Kuo, Lily; Kommenda, Niko. "What is China's Belt and Road Initiative?". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2019-04-09.

[3] "BRI Instead of OBOR – China Edits the English Name of its Most Ambitious International Project". liia.lv. July 28, 2016. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.

[1]

[2]

[3]