> I want to stress this (tangential) part - China really hopes to significantly expand trade routes around Asia, Europe, and Africa, and it's strange how little

> I want to stress this (tangential) part - China really hopes to significantly expand trade routes around Asia, Europe, and Africa, and it's strange how little we hear about it. I don't think that's true: I've read at least a dozen articles in the NYT about it specifically in the past year alone. And I'd estimate at least half their articles about China mention it as background.