Corpus B

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the story of China’s overseas renewables investment, reaching beyond the formal Belt and Road Initiative, remains largely untold.

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Sri Lanka’s Hambantota cited as a cautionary tale for nations attracted to Belt and Road Initiative benefits. Mauritius has avoided picking a side

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to rival the US-dominated transatlantic zone? Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative Just a Bedtime Story?

Corpus C

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plans by China to take over Kenya’s main port are giving some credence to concerns of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) being a form of neo-colonialism by the Asian nation that is a global economic powerhouse.

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U.S. economic investment is critical as China is heavily investing in the continent through its Belt and Road Initiative, often through predatory behavior.

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Many Western commentators especially have seen its Belt and Road Initiative - through which it has lent many billions of dollars to countries along the route - as essentially a debt-trap initiative

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Nepal is already a signatory of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which could increase market access and trafficking of wildlife

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Obviously China struggles with implementing the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa because of bad governance, so they create an institute to research about it. How clever!