Based on the "center-periphery" and "center-semi-periphery-periphery" theories, as well as on the analysis of data related to China's GDP, foreign trade, finance, foreign investment and aid, comprehensive competitiveness, the Belt and Road Initiative, and so forth, this article explains that...

"This book analyzes China as an economic juggernaut, undergirded by aspirations and ambitions, through the lens of its vision and how it is envisioned. China's quest for enhancing its economic footprint across South and Southeast Asia through increasing trade, achieving technological supremacy,...