TY - BOOK AU - DENG Yong TI - How China builds the credibility of the belt and road initiative PY - 2021/// KW - BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE KW - BRI KW - CHINA KW - USA KW - ECONOMICS KW - UNITED NATION KW - UN KW - SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION KW - SCO N2 - This article argues that the Xi Jinping administration has relied on an all-in strategy tying the BRI to China's national development and foreign policy, promoting the BRI through select international institutions, and launching a series of flagship mega-projects. With mounting sustainability challenges on both economic and geopolitical fronts, however, the BRI now has to scale back its ambitions while China reevaluates its strategic opportunity UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10670564.2021.1884958 ER -