Recently, the Belt and Road Initiative has increased its appeal in the West. On March 23, 2019, Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding, or MoU, with China on the joint advancement of the BRI, becoming the first G7 nation to join the initiative.
After its successful debut two years ago, the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, a leading platform for international cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, will be held in Beijing again this month, drawing representatives from over 150 countries, including 37 leaders of foreign governments, under the theme of "Belt and Road Cooperation, shaping a brighter shared future.” Although you may have heard the term before, do you know what the BRI is? More than two thousands years ago people of Eurasia explored and opened up routes of trade and cultural exchanges that linked the major civilizations of Asia, Europe and Africa, later called the Silk Road.
The ancient Silk Road stretched for tens of thousands of kilometers and lasted for thousands of years. This exhibition brings together 234 pieces from 13 countries along the Belt and Road including China, Cambodia and Russia, to show exactly how the Silk Road affected early globalization.
