(22 Jul 2025) ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing, China - 21 July 2025 Spokesperson: Guo Jiakun Duration: 4 minutes 13 seconds 1. A recently released report shows that in the first half of this year, the value of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects exceeded the total for all of 2024, setting a new record for project value in a six-month period. Media and scholars have commented that China's approach of strengthening cooperation with participating countries under the BRI stands in sharp