G7 to counter China's BRI with big infrastructure project: US official

West must offer an alternative to China, says official, adding that G7 will scold China over Xinjiang forced labour

The Group of Seven will seek to rival China's multi-trillion-dollar Belt and Road initiative on Saturday by announcing a global infrastructure plan to help developing nations, a senior official in U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said.
 

The G7 is trying to find a coherent response to the growing assertiveness of President Xi Jinping after China's spectacular economic and military rise over the past 40 years.
 

The U.S. official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said the United States would also push the other G7 leaders for "concrete action on forced labour" in China, and to include criticism of