COVID-19 AND ITS IMPACT ON CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE

Author Name: Abhishek Kumar

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: INDIA

DOI NO.: 08.2020-54698271, DOI Link: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2020-54698271/

Affiliation:

1. UGC-JRF, Department of Political Science, T M Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur (Bihar), India                                                                                                                 E-Mail Id: jeevankalash89@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The whole world is fighting with corona virus. Saving lives is looking like one and only priority for every country. In this time of Crisis, trade has become least prior for the world. IMF has already forecasted negative economic growth for most of the countries, the upcoming time for global trade is not going to be great. China’s ambitious project the Beltand RoadInitiative (BRI)is also going through a bad phase due to the viral outbreak. In this paper, we would look into the different aspects of Belt and Road initiative. We need to understand to what extent the Viral outbreak and its consequences will impact the Belt and Road initiative.We would look into the different dimensions of China Pakistan relationship along with its other projects running under the initiative. How it will impact in different regions of the world?What possible advantages or disadvantages can China have from this and how China can boost it or make it worse. In the current situation, when the whole world is pointing fingers at China and it is being held responsible for spreading the disease,it will be very interesting to see how China responds.China can use BRI to expand its economic diplomacy throughout the world. Will China re-structure this ambitious project and make it viable for the entire region or it will lose its remaining credibility?

Key words: BRI, CPEC, Covid-19, China, Diplomacy