I must admit - when I look at one belt, one road on a map, I am reminded of that sequence at the beginning of Dad's Army.
All those nasty arrows advancing across Europe.
India is kind of encircled - and China is pushing west over the top; China's plans for the road down into Pakistan and then on to a deep water port on the Arabian sea are fascinating, but... a little worrying to be honest.
Xi is a hard nosed strongman - and they are determined to assert their rightful place in history again.
Explains why all those MiGs were so damn busy when I visited Goa recently.