Amazon Quiz: China launched its first cross-border train as part of the Belt and Road Initiative with which country?
Nepal
Pakistan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Answer: Laos
The People’s Republic of China has the Belt and Road Initiative to connect Asia, Europe, and Africa through both land and maritime networks. The aim is to improve regional integration, bring about more trade, and the subsequent economic development of all three continents.
China’s President Xi Jinping coined the term in 2013, drawing inspiration from the Silk Road. The Belt and Road Initiative is also sometimes known as ‘One Belt One Road’.
It consists of a Silk Road Economic Belt and a Maritime Silk Road. This initiative is crucial for China to maintain bilateral relations with the BRI partners. Over 130 countries have already signed up for it.
Amazon Quiz: The oldest of these structures were built by which Pharaoh?
