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Figure 7.4 47 Regional Ports in ASEAN targeted for improvement of performance and capacity
Source: Negara&Das (2017.)
China’s One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR) and the Maritime Silk Road (MSR)
In 2013-2014 China launched a corridor initiative to connect China with other Asian countries, Africa
and Europe, but also with the other continents. This One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR) was aiming
at facilitating industrial, trade and transport relations between China and the countries elsewhere in
the world, and promoting Chinese companies to invest and operate industries in emerging economies
and source natural resources for the growth of its own economy. OBOR also includes the Maritime Silk
Road (MSR), as illustrated i
Figure 7.5 China’s One Belt One Road Initiative
Source: Negara&Das (2017).