There is no denying that the Chinese government has high hopes for its future endeavors. From an economic standpoint, China has various domestic and foreign investment markets that are strongly benefiting from the Belt & Road Initiative.
Consider Malaysia currently becoming recognized as on of the fastest growing digital markets — A country that signed onto China's initiative. In 2017 Chinese CEO tech billionaire Jack Ma of Alibaba [comparable to U.S Amazon] signed with the Malaysian government a digital free trade zone plan:
"Liberalizes e-commerce across Southeast Asia and having partnered with Malaysian government, Ma's company went on to acquire 83 percent of Lazada one of the region's biggest e-commerce platforms. Giving Malaysians easier access to Taobao (Ali's eBay) successful," (Shaw, CNBC, 2018).
Estimates show between $1-8 Trillion are accumulated investments into the BRI.
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