Italy Withdraws From the CCP’s Belt and Road Initiative

12/06/2023 Global News Network GNN: Italy has withdrawn from the CCP's Belt and Road Initiative, more than 4 years after becoming the only group of G7 nations to sign up. The Belt and Road plan proposes massive investments in infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and ports, to recreate the ancient Silk Road trade routes linking Europe and Asia. Critics have cast the scheme as a vehicle for the CCP to expand its geopolitical influence, including by saddling poor countries with unsustainable debts.
12/06/2023 全球新闻网络：G7成员国中唯一加入中共“一带一路”倡议的意大利，在签署协议4年多后退出了。“一带一路”计划提出了对基础设施（道路、桥梁和港口等）的巨额投资，以重新连接亚欧古代丝绸之路贸易路线。批评者将该计划视为中共扩大地缘政治影响的手段，包括让贫困国家背负无法偿还的债务。