China looks West for Belt and Road allies amid Asia pushback

Peru signs up to initiative with Switzerland set to join soon

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders stand for a group photo at a welcoming banquet for the Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. © Reuters

NIKKI SUN, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- China's Belt and Road Initiative is making deeper inroads into the West, as partners in Asia grow more wary about being lured into "debt traps" that make them beholden to Beijing.

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