This volume contains essays from outsourcing experts that explore the current state China. The essays cover everything from China's rapidly increasing demand for imported energy to global warming to the question of whether China is or is not rapidly becoming a world class power in military,...

Containing essays from outsourcing experts that explore the current state of China, this book looks at the nation as a whole, covering topics such as growth, internal domestic struggles, environmental issues, political issues and economic growth

This book analyses Chinese discourse on Indian attitudes towards the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), and argues that the Indian discourse is becoming one of the biggest hurdles to China creating its own narrative about China's rise in Asia and beyond. In doing so, it spans across the themes of the...

Sino-African relations: a framework for analysis -- Geopolitical-economic dynamism and nexus of China's engagement in Africa -- Clashing worldviews and discursive representations of China -- China's aid and energy geopolitics -- Foreign aid in China's Africa power projection -- Geo-economic...

Huge controversy surrounds Britain's alliances with deeply repressive Gulf monarchies, and the UK's key supporting role in the disastrous Saudi-led intervention in Yemen has lent added urgency to the debate. As these stories continue to make the headlines, this book lifts the lid on the...

1. Introduction: The BRI as Strategic Camouflage -- 2. The Road to the Belt and the Road -- 3. The BRI and its Different Manifestations -- 4. India May Join and Benefit from the BRI – A Chinese View -- 5. The BRI and the Good, Not So Good and Bad Business with India -- 6. India as Jealous Foe...