The Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway connecting Nairobi and Mombasa was supposed to provide an economic boost to Kenya. Instead, it’s become a case study in some of the problems China’s Belt and Road Initiative can create.
So is Xi Jinping’s ambitious global infrastructure expansion over, or is the BRI program only just getting started?
0:00 Kenya’s SGR was supposed to grow the country’s economy
00:38 China’s $3.6 billion loan, and a closed bidding process.
02:24 Why Kenya’s SGR has struggled to pay for itself.
04:36 So what does the future hold for China’s BRI and its transportation projects?Kenya's $3.8 Billion Chinese-Built Railway Shows Why Belt and Road Is Being Reworked
George Downs | WSJ | October 14, 2022
