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From Madrid to Buenos Aires to Panama City to Lisbon, President Xi Jinping has tirelessly promoted the building of a community of shared future for mankind, and the Belt and Road Initiative(倡议) as a means to achieve that.

But all don’t see it that way. While some are quick to see its positive potentials, other countries insist on viewing it skeptically. There have been the usual doubts about the intention behind, although the mysterious threat they speak of is one they seem unable to explain clearly.

To some of them, it is a vague assumption that investments from China are potential “debt traps” that call for extreme caution or “threats to national security”. That is why the business combinations involving Chinese companies which would be mutually( 相互地)beneficial have hit the rocks. The Chinese telecommunications technology giant Huawei, for instance, has found the doors to the 5G telecommunications markets of advanced countries closed to it on “national security” grounds. Likewise, the European Union has agreed on a framework regulating foreign investment(投资 ) particularly those from China on the same account.

Even as Chinese and Portuguese leaders discuss bilateral( 双边的)cooperation under the Belt and Road, there is no lack of concern about “Chinas influence”. But existing EU rules do not forbid Lisbon from seeking such a partnership. If Lisbon sees no harm from foreign investment, no outsider is in a position to prevent it from making a choice in its own best interests.

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa has reminded EU decision-makers of his country's desire for foreign investment, and advised the latter to avoid taking “the path of protectionism”. It was a timely reminder.

Facing the challenges in today, s world, China and the countries that have embraced the Belt and Road are convinced it is the way to common development and the world’s lasting peace and stability.

1. Some countries that hold a negative attitude towards the Initiative mainly doubt its______
A.powerB.mysteryC.intentionD.potential
2. What does the underlined part “hit the rocks” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A.Fallen Into a trapB.become a hit
C.made a differenceD.failed to work out
3. It can be learned from the passage that________
A.Huawei has caused serious security problems abroad
B.the EU will take relatively strict measures on Chinese investment
C.the Road and Belt Initiative has gained much popularity for “China’s influence”
D.China's investment in Portugal has been extremely smooth
4. What is the authors attitude towards Portuguese Prime Ministers advice
A.Negative.B.Positive.C.Doubtful.D.Unclear.

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