By Wang Bowen

February 11, 2015

"A two-day international seminar on China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative opened Wednesday in southeast China's Quanzhou.

The vision, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, is in no account aimed at China's hegemony, but solely dedicated to regional development and prosperity.

Some American experts have said that China's infrastructure initiative was designed as a response to the challenge of the U.S. strategy of maintaining its influence in Asia."

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