The past decade has seen fruitful cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. Building on their engineering expertise, legions of Chinese builders have undertaken extensive construction projects to help countries and regions involved in the initiative improve their infrastructure and regional connectivity.
"Sir, what are you making?" three children asked Sanjeewa Alwis, an electrical and mechanical engineer of the Colombo Port City in Sri Lanka, when they met on a sunny weekend on the beach.
In the vast deserts of Central Asia lies the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline, the first China-built transnational onshore natural gas import pipeline.