Chinese contractors involved in the Belt and Road Initiative face greater challenges in democratic countries due to closer ties with the U.S. and institutions that allow opposition.

The Chinese Communist Party's signature Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), once heralded as a transformative force in global infrastructure development, has devolved into a cautionary tale of failed ...

Yet the forum has revealed China's decreasing influence and some say the initiative may be losing momentum a decade after Xi announced it. Xi said in a speech, "International Belt and Road ...