Commentary
After 12 years, Beijing’s four major defenses against the Belt and Road “debt trap” argument are dispelled.
A train on the China-Laos high-speed railway, a key project of China's Belt and Road Initiative connecting China's Kunming to Laos' Vientiane, arrives in the Boten Special Economic Zone in Boten, Laos, on April 10, 2024. Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images
Antonio Graceffo
Author
Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.
