Host Mustafa Alrawi was at the IISS' Bahrain Bay Forum in Manama this week where he heard lively and insightful debate on the impact of China's ambitions for a new silk road for global trade links and infrastructure.
Leading expert on the topic, Professor Lanxin Xiang, explains what the Belt and Road Initiave is and Gulf-based economist Omar Al Ubaydli discusses why China's approach has been so successful in this region.
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