China Plans A New 'Silk Road' As Americans Pull Back

While several U.S. presidential aspirants are looking inward and attacking U.S. participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Transpacific Partnership (TPP), China is moving in the opposite direction. It is using its economic power to build what amounts to a new “Silk Road,” strengthening and solidifying its links to the outside world. China’s on the right road, America is not.