China has been providing the core infrastructure debt to give the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) traction. But even allowing for rising Chinese state debts and a sovereign downgrade, BRI could never be bankrolled by China alone. BRI needs foreign private and public sector investment and that is not going to happen while it functions as a trade one-way street.
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