While some have welcomed the new investment, China's increasing involvement in Africa has also raised concerns of neocolonialism.

East Africa Embraces China's 'Belt And Road' For Future Investment

The SGR cargo train rides from the port containers depot in Mombasa, Kenya, to Nairobi, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta opened the country's largest infrastructure project since independence, a Chinese-backed railway costing nearly $3.3 billion that eventually will link a large part of East Africa to a major port on the Indian Ocean as China seeks to increase trade and influence. (Khalil Senosi/AP)

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China is investing billions of dollars in Southeast Asia as part of the initiative, with construction of a railway across Myanmar already underway.

Amid Ethnic Conflicts, Myanmar Welcomes China's 'Belt And Road'

This picture taken on on June 1, 2012 shows the construction of oil tanks at a site operated by China National Petroleum Corporation at an offshore block of Madae Island near the town of Kyauk Phyu of Rakhine State, western Myanmar. (Lwin Ko Taik/AFP/Getty Images)

The China Ocean Shipping Company recently finalized its takeover of the terminal in Belgium's biggest port. The company also owns a majority stake in Greece's Piraeus port.

China Buys Up European Ports In Bid To Build 'New Silk Road'

Greece's largest port in Piraeus, near Athens, in 2015. (Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images)

The town of Khorgos sits on Kazakhstan's border with China. It's remote, but it's perfectly located for China's "Belt and Road" initiative.

How The 'Middle Of Nowhere' Became A Hub Of China's 'New Silk Road'

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting at the Great Hall of People, on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum, in Beijing, China, 14 May 2017. (Kenzaburo Fukuhara - Pool/Getty Images)

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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Worries Some In India

In this photograph taken on Oct. 4, 2017, Pakistani laborers walk through Gwadar port. Remote and impoverished, Pakistan's Gwadar port at first glance seems an unlikely crown jewel in a multi-billion dollar development project with China, aimed at constructing a 21st century Silk Road. (Amelie Herenstein/AFP/Getty Images)

NPR Beijing correspondent Anthony Kuhn joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to take a closer look at the foreign policy framework, which spans dozens of countries.

China's Trillion-Dollar 'Belt And Road' Infrastructure Plan Is Reshaping Global Trade

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a news conference at the end of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 15, 2017 in Beijing, China. The forum was expected to lay the groundwork for Beijing-led infrastructure initiatives aimed at connecting China with Europe, Africa and Asia. (Jason Lee-Pool/Getty Images)