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Why it's unfair to accuse China of debt-trap diplomacy
Since Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled in 2013 his country's ambitious, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the bold proposal of what McKinsey calls "the world's largest economic platform" has attracted worldwide attention.
However, some detractors in Asia and the West are looking upon China's gargantuan blueprint as the most audacious challenge yet to America's global primacy.
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