De hecho, la Ruta de la Seda es fundamental para las ambiciones del «sueño chino» del presidente Xi Jinping, que implican recuperar la gloria y la jerarquía que China tuvo en el pasado.
China, especially under Xi, has often used aid, investment, and other economic leverage to compel its neighbors to deepen their economic dependence on – and expand their security cooperation with – the People's Republic.