Numerous journalists, policy pundits, and even scholars have suggested that China’s BRI (aka OBOR) is similar to the Marshall Plan that the US enacted in post-war Western Europe in 1948. Others, however, argue that there are no similarities between the Marshall Plan and China’s BRI and that these are completely distinct from each other. Which perspective do you agree with and why? Provide at least two but no more than three reasons to defend your answers? Answer this question in no more than 5-6 sentences.
