Explanation
- A
African Union
The African Union is a continental organisation; it is not the author of the Belt and Road Initiative. Some African States participate in BRI projects, but the initiative is China’s. This option is not the key.
- B
Brazil
Brazil is a BRICS partner of China, not the source of Belt and Road. This option is wrong.
- C
European Union
The European Union is a destination for some BRI connectivity debates, not the originator. This option is not the key.
- D
China
The Belt and Road Initiative (One Belt, One Road) is the People’s Republic of China’s connectivity and infrastructure programme, announced by Xi Jinping in 2013 (Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road). That is why (d) is the official key.
Summary. Official key is (d) China. BRI packages land corridors across Eurasia and a maritime route through the Indian Ocean and South China Sea, financed largely by Chinese policy banks and firms. It is not an AU, Brazilian or EU programme. India has objected to the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor’s route through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The question only asks whose affairs the phrase belongs to.
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