Mapping continental ambitions

Since the rise of Europe’s colonial powers in the sixteenth century, Asia’s economic activity has been concentrated on its coastlines. But that could change as China, Japan, Russia and other regional powers connect Asia internally and with Europe by reaching across the Eurasian landmass.

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“For years to come, OBOR looks likely to be the toast of Western boardrooms,” says a new report from the Economist, which draws on Reconnecting Asia’s open-source database of over 2000 infrastructure projects. While Western companies are winning “Belt ...