Part of the One Belt One Road initiative is not only the development of economic and trade ties, but the projection of the idea that more authoritarian, central

Part of the One Belt One Road initiative is not only the development of economic and trade ties, but the projection of the idea that more authoritarian, centrally-governed forms of government that de-emphasize tenets like freedom of political criticism are valid ways to rule a country in the 21st century, and that adhering to this system, as opposed to general western liberalism, could have major economic advantages to countries willing to play China's game.