1st Edition

Global Perspectives on China's Belt and Road Initiative Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity

Edited By Florian Schneider Copyright 2021
350 Pages
by Routledge

350 Pages
by Routledge

The year 2013 saw the launch of the largest, most influential investment initiative in recent memory: China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This globe-spanning strategy has reshaped local economies and regional networks, and it has become a contested subject for scholars and practitioners alike. How should we make sense of the complex interactions that the BRI has enabled? Understanding these... Read more
Prelims, Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction, Part I: Global Connectivity, Part II: Regional Dynamics, Part III: Local Actors, Contributors, List of Figures and Tables

Biography

Florian Schneider is Chair Professor of Modern China at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. He is managing editor of Asiascape: Digital Asia and author of numerous books and articles on political communication and media in China.