The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is being used to cover domestic investment in Tajikistan in an area with a growing Chinese military presence.
Despite claims in an op-ed in the People’s Daily newspaper, a much-lauded economic transformation, credited to the BRI, is actually being funded by a state-owned Tajik aluminum smelter, Talco, that has been linked with the Tajik president’s family.
The Belt and Road initiative, unveiled in 2013, is China’s flagship policy to spread
August 5th, 2026
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