Xi pledges Belt and Road reboot amid rising 'debt trap' concerns

Speech addresses trade in apparent message to Washington

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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony for the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on April 26. © Reuters

NIKKI SUN, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- Standing before 37 world leaders and thousands of delegates in a cavernous Beijing hall, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to reboot his country's flagship Belt and Road Initiative.

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