Overview
- Presents current, topical, and empirically rich reference for researchers and policymakers interested in the BRI
- Contextualizes the Belt and Road Initiative to make it accessible across disciplines in the social sciences
- Ties together global dimensions to understand the BRI's origins and its implementation both regionally and worldwide
- Is an open access book, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Part of the book series: Asia in Transition (AT, volume 26)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This open access book provokes critical thinking regarding the most ambitious Chinese project since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The book presents extensive quality research and original insights in assessing the status of China’s outbound investment and construction projects under the BRI umbrella. Referring to case studies and projects of selected countries from Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the author sheds new light on the issues and problems associated with the BRI's implementation and discusses both the readjustments and prospects for the BRI. Finally, this book demarcates the limits and potential of the world’s second largest economy in pushing for the BRI, which is challenged by enormous domestic tensions and external pressures. It also identifies and analyzes potential new collaboration areas between the Belt and Road countries and China under the BRI framework in the context of the post-COVID-19 era. It provides an outstanding reference for academics, students, policymakers, and the business community working in areas of international affairs and Asian economics and development, particularly those interested in Sino-relations and Chinese power dynamics in the global world order.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Hong Yu is a senior research fellow at the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore. His research interests cover regional economic development in China, the BRI, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, China’s state-owned enterprises, and railway sector reform. Dr. Yu is an internationally recognized leading researcher on the Belt and Road Initiative. One of his research articles on the BRI has been identified as the most read and cited article on the topic in English-language academic journals. Dr. Yu is the recipient of the Journal of Contemporary China’s fifth annual John and Vivian Sabel Award for the Best Article.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Authors: Hong Yu
Series Title: Asia in Transition
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9633-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-9632-2Published: 22 February 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-9635-3Published: 22 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-9633-9Published: 21 February 2024
Series ISSN: 2364-8252
Series E-ISSN: 2364-8260
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 210
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Politics, History of China, International Relations, Asian Economics, Diplomacy, History, general