Ok hate to be that guy but China's 1B1R initiative has been in discussion for quite a while now. Definitely dates back to before that thread.
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-huge-one-belt-one-road-initiative-sweeping-central-17150
^july 2016
https://www.merics.org/en/merics-analysis/infographicchina-mapping/china-mapping/
^was announced fall 2013
brohan_mantana commented on The new silk road RD told us about 7 months ago is proven to be true! reddit
Ok hate to be that guy but China's 1B1R initiative has been in discussion for quite a while now. Definitely dates back to before that thread.
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-huge-one-belt-one-road-initiative-sweeping-central-17150
^july 2016
https://www.merics.org/en/merics-analysis/infographicchina-mapping/china-mapping/
^was announced fall 2013