China's Belt And Road Initiative: Understanding The Dynamics Of A Global Transformation

by Yue Wah Chay, Thomas Menkhoff, Linda Low

Overview

This book presents critical analyses of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from economic, social, political and geographical perspectives. Contributed by academics and business professionals from Asia, Europe and Australia, the chapters offer readers a range of regional viewpoints and insights into China's grand development strategy — primarily aimed at boosting connectivity across Asia and beyond via investments in infrastructural projects. The chapters also discuss the contemporary economic, financial, political and infrastructural developments related to the BRI and the challenges that confront the Initiative.This edited volume serves as a primer to China's mega strategic undertaking, a supplementary companion and reference resource to those familiar with the BRI.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811203268
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/18/2019
Series:	Series On China's Belt And Road Initiative , #7
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction: Understanding the Transformational Power of China's Belt and Road Initiative (Chay Yue Wah and Thomas Menkhoff); External Challenges Arising from OBOR Development and Approaches for Solutions (Dai Shiyan, Wang Xianguan and Yang Yang); Economic Historical Development and Leadership Underlying the BRI Strategy (Gary Hawke); Frontier Infrastructure: OBOR and Northern Sea Route (NSR) in Comparative Perspective (Christopher M Dent); The Belt and Road Initiative: Case of Kazakhstan (Batzhan Akmoldina, Sara Alpysbayeva and Zhanna Kapsalyamova); Financing the OBOR Initiative (Joseph Lim and Deborah Lim); Explaining Irreconcilable Sino-Japan Rivalry (Shintaro Hamada); The Belt and Road Initiative: Progress and Prospect in Southeast Asia (Xue Gong and Li Mingjiang); The Impact of Chinese Maritime Policy on Malaysia: A Long-term Geopolitical Scenario (Hans-Dieter Evers, Abdul Rahman Embong and Rashila Ramli); China's Belt and Road Initiative and ASEAN's Maritime Clusters (Hans-Dieter Evers and Thomas Menkhoff); Strategic Linkages: China's Belt and Road Initiative and Power Capture through Global Value Chains (Pan Zhengqi); Sustaining the Momentum of the Belt and Road Initiative (Andrew Elek); Conclusion (Linda Low)