China and the Belt and Road Initiative

This book offers critical insights into the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from an EU perspective. It analyzes the political, cultural, and diplomatic effectiveness of Xi's efforts to expand socio-cultural ties and build new trade corridors between Europe and the Far East, and sheds light on the lasting success and influence of China-led economic programs.

The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides an overview of the various dimensions of the BRI initiative, including the challenges and opportunities of the EU-China trade relationship, China's geopolitical interests, and foreign policy approaches. The second part analyzes BRI cooperation from the perspective of the business sector, while the third part presents case studies that examine the impacts and responses of various European countries to the BRI.

Auteur

Young-Chan Kim is Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Business and Economics at the University of Greenwich, London, UK. Since 2010, he has focused intensively on China and global business, publishing extensively on Chinese strategic policy. He is currently Chief Editor of the 'Made in China 2025' project, a series of books aimed at giving up-and-coming academics a platform to voice their contemporary research on Chinese Regional Studies.

Contenu

Introduction.- Section 1: Theoretical overview of China and BRI relations.- Narrating Models of Development - China and the EU between 'Strategic Modernizer' and 'Rules-based Transformer'.- Challenges and Opportunities in the EU-China Trade Relations.- From 'International Relations' to 'Global Foreign Policy' - examining the new framework of Chinese strategic relations through the BRI.- Section 2: BRI collaboration through the business sector.- In Fear of the Trojan Horse? China's Cross-Border Acquisitions in Europe amid the One-Belt-One-Road Initiative.- Unwary dreams, rude awakenings: BRI in the developing world and emerging Europe.- Towards a Win-Win EU-China Bilateral Investment Treaty: Challenges and Prospects.- Section 3: Country case studies.- Russia-China Collaboration Under Pressure From the West: The Russian Perspective.- EU-China - failed prospects of win-win partnership.- On the role of the Belt & Road Initiative and the 17+1 cooperation within the Sino-European relation.- A test-case for Europe: Sino-Italian relations in the 'Old' and 'New' Cold War.- Commercial relations between Italy and China from the past to the future.