- March 29, 2017 Introduction “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) Initiative, is the name of a plan to revive and better the spirit of the old silk road and a step towards realising the prophecy of the Asian century. The OBOR consists of various mega-projects, but the main two programmes are “the Maritime Silk Road” (MSR) and the “Silk Road Economic Belt” (SREB). These were first revealed to the world in 2013, during the Chinese President Xi Jinping‟s visits to Kazakhstan and Indonesia. OBOR has a string of projects connecting the Baltic Sea with the Pacific Ocean via roads, rails and sea lanes for free trade. The OBOR has struck everyone‟s interest as the sheer enormity of the venture suggests that it is going to be a game changer not just for China, but for all the stakeholders. The approximate costs that will incur are an astronomical $21.1 trillion6and they resonate with the winds of change of prosperity, which are forecasted to propel to new zenith some 65 econo...
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