
The U.S. Intelligence Community
Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the second annual Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on Friday. His speech was covered by Chinese media as triumphant exultation of an astounding international trade and infrastructure project, while foreign reporters heard a series of signals to nervous participants and prospects that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will become more transparent, financially sustainable, and politically neutral in the years ahead.

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