Drawing on global media reports, we conduct a sentiment analysis of the image of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI … positive, even if slightly less so than in the past. This is notwithstanding increases in debt levels with China, much of which … sentiment towards China's landmark project, as well as a much worse image of the initiative in countries which, until today, are …

Contents: Preface: Beyond China, China, China -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- 1. Actions and Reactions -- PART II CHINA -- 2 …. From China's Logistics to China's Geologistics -- PART III THE SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT: LANDBRIDGES, ECONOMIC CORRIDORS AND … TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD: BLUE ECONOMIC PASSAGES, AN ECONOMIC CIRCLE AND SEAPORTS -- 5. China-Indian Ocean …