The Steep Environmental Costs of China’s Massive Global Development

InsideClimate News
Sep 23, 2025, 4:55 am128 pts
The second installment in our special Climate Week video series. China has invested more than $1 trillion in overseas infrastructure projects through its massive Belt and Road Initiative. Chinese corporations are building roads and railways, dams and ports, in developing countries around the world – an…

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