Xi has emphasized that the goal of the Silk Road economic initiative is to revive ancient ties of friendship in the contemporary globalized world. But he undoubtedly has a domestic motive as well, rooted in the growing prosperity gap between eastern and western China.
习近平强调，丝绸之路经济计划的目标重振当代全球化世界的古老联系和友谊。但毫无疑问，他也有其国内动机，即日益拉大的东西部经济差距。