Special report | Of belts and roads
How the Belt and Road Initiative got its name
It sounds better in Mandarin
SUPPOSE YOU wanted to imagine a new world, or even a new world order. How, then, would you go about conjuring it up? You would do well to start with a name.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “What’s in a name?”
From the February 8th 2020 edition
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