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China's Asian Dream
Empire Building along the New Silk Road
China's Asian Dream
Empire Building along the New Silk Road
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"China", Napoleon once remarked, "is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world." In 2014, President Xi Jinping triumphantly declared the lion had awakened. Under his leadership, China is pursuing a dream to restore its historical position as the dominant power in Asia.
From the Mekong River Basin to the Central Asian steppe, China is flexing its economic muscles for strategic ends. By setting up new regional financial institutions, Beijing is challenging the post-World War II order established under the watchful eye of Washington. And by funding and building roads, railways, ports and power lines-a New Silk Road across Eurasia and through the South China Sea and Indian Ocean-China aims to draw its neighbours ever tighter into its embrace.
Combining a geopolitical overview with on-the-ground reportage from a dozen countries, China's Asian Dream offers a fresh perspective on the rise of China' and asks: what does it means for the future of Asia?
Table of Contents
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Introduction
1. “One Belt, One Road”: Financing the New Silk Road
Belt and Road Initiative
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Asia's infrastructure arms race
2. Marching West: The Economics of Power in Central Asia
Xinjiang
Central Asia
Russia
3. In the Heat of the Sun: Advancing Down the Mekong
Laos
Cambodia
4. California Dreamin': How China “Lost” Myanmar
Gateway to the Bay of Bengal
5. A String of Pearls: Fear and Loathing in the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pakistan
India
Sri Lanka
6. Fiery Waters: Mapping the South China Sea
Vietnam
Conclusion
Product details
| Published | 01 Feb 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781783609246 |
| Imprint | Zed Books |
| Illustrations | 7 bw maps |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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