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a world power now having all these word leaders traveling to beijing on a summit for a project that has been funded founded and is run by the chinese government is of course a display off this power somebody asked me could not report their critics off the belt road initiative some say the project reflects china's ambition to expand its influence and become a deal with superpowers how does maging respond to such criticism. this yasin a lot of criticism on the ballot and road project specially from countries that were previously kind of that were joining this project western countries have been wary for some time but a lot of countries in the global south have cancelled projects have renegotiated projects governments that were embracing this project were voted out of office
efforts to create transparent conditions contributing to the development of cooperation and collaboration across the your region continuity. it's important to find an effective response to the risks of the fragmentation of global political economic and technological base and to the rise in protectionism five years after the belt and road project broke ground china is doing its very best to persuade the global powers that its new trade routes will benefit the world. let me now go and it did have a chorus line what is the linger in beijing what is this looks like a grid xander and what does china hope to achieve with this summit. this is a display of china's new role of china's new power the burton road initiative is a signature project by sea jinping by the president who has been advocating or promising that he will lead in a sense of china as
need this straits of malacca and then the national route then the international community must assume responsibility for keeping the seas clear and polluted but so far this falls on belittles these the are the ones who suffer pollution and the have the main. force to clean this sea and they shaws it does not seem fair they're poorly towards the burden with this response really others including the u.s. russia japan and india are worried that china is trying to build a trade and political network which expands its strategic influence russia however seems supportive so far. russia is willing to make
networks as well as pipelines now days then the maritime silk road which will connect china with europe africa and southeast asia china has already invested billions in infrastructure projects along the way but critics are warning the president she is gigantic project is plunging its partners into debt giving china increasing power we'll join our correspondent in beijing right after this report. it is an ambitious initiative a massive infrastructure project which aims to connect asia to europe and africa china's belt and road initiatives is expected to involve trillions of dollars in investments and has already funded trains highways and ports in many countries. chinese president xi jinping opened the belt and road summit on friday with more than thirty heads of state from across the globe despite his reassurances some
a suspected leader of the easter sunday attacks died in the hotel bombings addressing journalists in colombo might. also appealed for calm and warned against a backlash against the country's muslim community many muslims have fled their homes fearing retaliatory attacks to did there was some subdued attendance in mosques at friday prayers authorities warn more attacks could be imminent police in the country are looking for about a hundred and forty people believed to have links with the so-called islamic state on the lam from colombo i'm joined now by. more details have emerged about the suspects including the leader of the national. suspected of having led these attacks what can you tell us. yes you're right today morning president microphonic a standing army get breaking with the china they said that the lead up to smash ourselves to mock them and call moments ahead on he was the moscow mining behind
biggest clubs in the world things look bright percentage show but his immediate future is focusing on repeating. as a row wakes again shaka. so to come indeed the news asia. is with little time for anything else china's richest man causes a blessing but many young workers think it isn't so. simple that's coming up in the end of the news is yet up next. move.
attendees showed concern that they might become saddled with debt the chinese president sought to allay fears and promised to ration transparency and zero tolerance of corruption as guiding principles. beltre the road is not an exclusive club and it aims to. to promote green development. we are convinced that a more open china will further integrated self into the world and deliver greater progress and prosperity for china and the world at large. speaking at the summit malaysian prime minister mohammed marketeers sought to raise doubts about his country's desire to take part just a week ago malaysia resumed a china backed rail link project after the chinese contract agreed to cut the construction cost by a third to ten point six billion u.s. dollars but mcateer did raise some environmental concerns. if we
and. looking you know going on the work of precious by latasha mrs parker stan she's also grateful for her life entry lanka but for now home is this parking garage. and she doesn't know when that will end. turning now to china and a major summit is underway in beijing as a country shows soft expansion of its key infrastructure projects known as the belt and road initiative leaders from nearly forty countries are discussing the gigantic project which china's president xi jinping launched five years ago it's set to boost trade between china and the words their concerns of the project could lead to a lock of monopoly by china. so what does china's bettin good initiative it's new but its new version of the silk road involves well one route runs through central asia and moscow all the way to the italian city of c.s.t. it consists of roads and railways as well as palestinians telecommunications
its valves and good initiative out a deal with summers in beijing the multi-trillion dollar project is a source of much needed investment for some countries but others see it as china's retorts found just influenced in the. other unwelcome among the dutch ema thank you very much for company. awful cycling has hit. cycling kennett's made landfall first on the island before turning its rules on the south african country mozambique is to reeling from the after effects of cycling last month this is the first time in recorded history that two sides have it. in one season and over the next ten days this cycle is expected to dump