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China’s belt and road funding pivot pumps millions into public health: study




Investments in public health projects by China’s Belt and Road Initiative soared by 246 per cent last year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Chinese study.The dramatic shift in focus for President Xi Jinping’s pet global infrastructure plan has come at the expense of other sectors, with overall finance and investments steady – at US$59 billion in 2021, compared to US$60.5 billion the previous year.Analysis by the Green Finance and Development Centre at Shanghai’s Fudan…



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