All for One or One for All?

GERMAN newspaper Handelsblatt reported in April that the ambassadors to China of multiple European Union (EU) member states had compiled a report criticizing the Belt and Road Initiative for unfairly advantaging Chinese companies,dividing the EU and hampering free trade. In short, according to the report, the initiative serves only the interests of China itself.Given that this mega-scale development concept was proposed only five years ago, and much of the affiliated construction work is still in its initial stages, it