As China’s president Xi Jinping attempts to reignite the vision of a Silk Road economic belt throughout Central Asia and the wider Eurasia region, MESSENGER takes a look at the thinking behind such a project as well as the impact it is likely to have on the region.
As well as taking a closer look at the Hexi Corridor, a key component of the ancient and modern Silk Road route located in China’s western province of Gansu, this issue of MESSENGER aims to shed light upon a concept which is fast becoming President Xi’s defining foreign policy.