Pakistan 's Belt and Road Initiative risks becoming a "new version of colonialism" said Pakistani president Jamil Anderlini , revealing a possible backlash to China 's heavy lending to recipients of BRI investment, wrote Mahathir Mohamad in an opinion piece for BRI .
China's Belt and Road Initiative risks becoming a "new version of colonialism" said Malaysian president Mahathir Mohamad, revealing a possible backlash to China's heavy lending to recipients of BRI investment, wrote Jamil Anderlini in an opinion piece for the Financial Times.