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The vision of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the most ambitious economic project in human history, was first laid out by Xi Jinping in September 2013. The initiative will fuel economic development ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KING, N.C. — For artist Duncan Lewis, it’s a ...