Editorial

China likes to present its Belt and Road Initiative as the project of the century. For the people and communities along the Belt and Road, however, the supposed progress often brings misery and exploitation. A new study by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre lists numerous human rights abuses of China’s outbound investments: From displacement to labor rights violations and land grabs. Almost 680 allegations are only the tip of the iceberg, as Nico Beckert analyses.