The Belt and Road initiative, recently embarked on by China, aims to improve cross-border infrastructure in order to … reduce transportation costs across a massive geographical area between China and Europe. The authors estimate how much trade … true for eastern Europe and Central Asia and, to a lesser extent, south-east Asia. In contrast, if China were to seek to …

Historical Geographical Backgrounds and Future Reflections -- 8. The Belt and Road Initiatives Expands China’s Diplomacy -- 9 …

The debates on China’s Belt and Road Initiative often detour around the crucial question of whether China will actually …. This is usually closely tied to the idea that the contrast between China and Western countries could not be bigger.But is … China really in such a radically different position? Is its ruling party, state, economy and society really such a well …