Belt and Road sign of positive progress in global relations

Editor's note: Some Western countries criticize the Belt and Road Initiative as an example of neo-imperialism, neo-expansionism, neocolonialism and debt-imperialism. Zheng Yongnian, a professor of China studies at the National University of Singapore, commented in his column on Guancha.cn:

No matter how the initiative helps improve infrastructure and international cooperation in the future, the West is unlikely to change its critical attitude toward it or stop trying to counter it.

China should see both the criticism and countermeasures in a more positive light.