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Documentary: The origins of the Belt and Road Initiative

In 2013, President Xi Jinping proposed the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road. Combined, the idea came to be known as the Belt and Road Initiative. In the first episode of this mini-documentary series, we discover the origins of the program, and learn how it will affect China and, ultimately, the world.