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China is financing infrastructure projects around the world – many could harm nature and Indigenous communities

  • Written by: Blake Alexander Simmons, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston University
China is financing infrastructure projects around the world – many could harm nature and Indigenous communitiesChinese engineers pose after welding the first seamless rails for the China-Laos railway in Vientiane, Laos, June 18, 2020.Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua via Getty Images

China is shaping the future of economic development through its Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious multi-billion-dollar international push to better connect itself to the rest of...

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