China vows Belt and Road ramp up despite debt-trap criticism

Pledge comes as Xi Jinping's globe-spanning infrastructure blitz turns decade old

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Workers at a construction site for the East Coast Rail Link, a Chinese-invested railway project in Malaysia. © Reuters

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- China on Tuesday said it will ramp up the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as it turns a decade old, snubbing criticism that the globe-spanning investment blitz is a debt trap for developing nations.

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