G-7 to launch infrastructure plan to counter China's Belt and Road

Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Saturday sought to counter China's growing economic clout by agreeing to launch a new infrastructure project for the developing world as an alternative to Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative.On the second day of the three-day summit in Cornwall, southwestern England, the G-7 leaders also discussed Beijing's alleged abuses of the Uyghur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region, western China, with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga expressing "deep concerns" about human rights in China.The agreement on the "Build Back Better World" inf…READ FULL ARTICLE