China's Xi warns against decoupling, lauds Belt and Road at forum

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Xi also lauded his grand plan launched 10 years ago of building global infrastructure and energy networks connecting Asia with Africa and Europe through overland and maritime routes, saying that "blueprints turned into real projects".Representatives of more than 130 countries, largely from the Global South, attended the forum including several heads of state, of whom the most prominent was Xi's "dear friend" Russian President Vladimir Putin.
51% : The sole head of state present from the bloc was Hungary's populist President Viktor Orban.
38% : China has at times bristled at criticism of the BRI, saying it carries anti-Chinese prejudice and a wish to contain its rise, while overlooking what it says are genuine good intentions.
35% : Although BRI at first set out to connect China to Western Europe, senior EU figures were missing.

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