Shan Saeed is chief economist at Kuala Lumpur-based IQI Global, the largest real estate agency network in Southeast Asia.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative program is big — so big that it scares political leaders in Western countries while at the same time providing them with an easy target for criticism.

The BRI encompasses more than 130 countries. The World Bank estimates more than half a trillion dollars of BRI projects are planned, underway or already complete.

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Source: Nikkei Asian Review