Xing Mapping China's 'One Belt One Road' Initiative

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-92201-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 303 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book sets out to analyze how the OBOR initiative will influence the world's geo-political and geo-economic environment, with specific regard to the 'Belt and Road' countries and regions. It evaluates what opportunities the OBOR can offer them in light of the constraints they face, paying particular attention to how security issues may keep some nations from fully participating. Questions are also asked about the tension and conflict along the 'Belt' and 'Road', which, after all takes in the Middle East's most tumultuous regions, as well as the much disputed South China Sea. Finally, consideration is given as to how the world's other economic powers will react when the OBOR inevitably brings about capital and resource competitions.


Li Xing is Professor and Director of the Research Centre on Development and International Relations at the Department of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Journal of China and International Studies. 

Autoren/Hrsg.

Xing, Li

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;6
2;Notes on Contributors;8
3;List of Figures;10
4;List of Tables;12
5;Chapter 1: China’s Pursuit of the “One Belt One Road” Initiative: A New World Order with Chinese Characteristics?;13
5.1;Placement of the Theoretical Discussion;13
5.2;The Research Inquiries and Questions;18
5.3;Global Debate on China’s “One Belt One Road” Initiative;22
5.3.1;A “Marshall Plan” with Chinese Characteristics?;24
5.3.2;Outward Expansion of a “Development Model” with Chinese Characteristics?;25
5.3.3;Reintegrating the OBOR Countries and Regions into a Chinese System of Accumulation?;27
5.4;The Objective of the Book and Chapter Contributions;28
5.5;References;36
6;Chapter 2: Understanding the Multiple Facets of China’s “One Belt One Road” Initiative;40
6.1;The Placement of the Discussion;40
6.2;The Objective and Theoretical Considerations;42
6.3;The Internal-External Nexus of the OBOR Strategy;44
6.3.1;Joining Regional and Global Division of Labor;45
6.3.2;The Emergence of China-Centered Regional Economic Order;46
6.3.3;The OBOR Initiative and China’s Internal Economic Restructuring;47
6.4;The OBOR Initiative and the Neo-Gramscian Perspective;49
6.4.1;Chinese Capital Expansion and Financial Hegemony;51
6.4.2;The Soft Power Components of the OBOR Initiative;53
6.5;The OBOR Initiative from the World System Perspective;55
6.5.1;“Promotion by Invitation”, “Room for Maneuver” and “Upward Mobility”;57
6.6;The Two Sides of the “OBOR Coin” from the Kautsky-Lenin Debate;58
6.7;Concluding Remarks: Prospects and Constraints;61
6.8;References;64
7;Chapter 3: A Framework for the Study of the One Belt One Road Initiative as a Medium of Principle Diffusion;68
7.1;Introduction;68
7.2;Unpacking the OBOR Initiative;72
7.3;The Concept of Diffusion;76
7.4;Appropriateness of the Diffusion Approach to the Study of the OBOR;78
7.5;The OBOR Initiative and Principle Diffusion;80
7.5.1;Principles of What?;82
7.5.2;What Principles?;84
7.6;The Logic of Diffusion Via the OBOR Initiative;88
7.7;Concluding Remarks;91
7.8;References;95
8;Chapter 4: The One Belt One Road Initiative and China’s Multilayered Multilateralism;101
8.1;Introduction;101
8.2;The Context of China’s OBOR Initiative;102
8.2.1;General Introduction to the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “Maritime Silk Road”;102
8.2.2;The International Context of the OBOR Initiative;104
8.2.3;Domestic Context;106
8.2.4;Multilayered Multilateralism: The Combination of Bilateral Partnership and Multilateral Initiative;109
8.2.4.1;Partnership Networks;110
8.2.4.2;Multilateral Relationship;112
8.2.5;The Dynamism of Multilayered Multilateralism;114
8.3;Conclusion;120
8.4;References;122
9;Chapter 5: The One Belt One Road Initiative and the Changing Multi-scalar Governance of Trade in China;127
9.1;Introduction;127
9.2;The OBOR Initiative, Regional Development, and Trade Facilitation;130
9.3;China’s Institutional Environment for Trade: National Trade Policies;133
9.3.1;Regulatory Framework;134
9.3.2;Enforcement of the Regulations;137
9.4;The Case of Chengdu: Sub-national Trade Barriers?;139
9.5;China’s International Trade and Investment Agreements;143
9.6;Discussion: The Prospects for Changing Multi-scalar Governance of Trade;145
9.7;References;148
10;Chapter 6: China’s Momentum: The “One Belt One Road” Triple’s Securitisation;152
10.1;Introduction;152
10.2;Why a New Silk Road?;155
10.3;A Soft Strategy;158
10.4;The Securitisation of Land Routes;160
10.5;The Securitisation of Maritime Routes;162
10.6;Final Remarks;168
10.7;References;170
11;Chapter 7: Unpacking Economic Motivations and Non-economic Consequences of Connectivity Infrastructure Under OBOR;175
11.1;Introduction;175
11.2;What Are China’s Economic Motivations Behind OBOR?;177
11.3;How Does OBOR Address the Concerns of the Chinese Domestic Economy?;181
11.3.1;OBOR as a Vehicle for Continued Economic Globalisation: China’s Opening Up, Increased Trade, and Investment Opportunities;182
11.3.2;OBOR as a Vehicle for Course-Correcting and Advancing China’s Economic Restructuring;185
11.4;The OBOR: Where the Economics End and the Non-Economics Begin;190
11.4.1;A Sino-Centric Global Economic Order;190
11.4.2;China-Advanced Norms and Rules of Engagement;192
11.4.3;Political/Strategic Gains;193
11.4.4;Chinese-Led Security Architecture;194
11.4.5;Counter to US Hegemony/Encirclement in Maritime Asia;195
11.5;Conclusion;196
11.6;References;198
12;Chapter 8: The One Belt One Road Initiative: Reintegrating Africa and the Middle East into China’s System of Accumulation;204
12.1;Introduction;204
12.2;Integrated and Competing Systems of Accumulation: The GBM Complex as Unified “Complex” Theory?;205
12.3;Africa and the Middle East Within Belt and Road;208
12.4;Emerging Powers Within the Global Structure of Accumulation;214
12.5;Accumulation Dynamics Over Space and Time: China’s Westward Gaze;216
12.6;References;221
13;Chapter 9: Changing Regional Order and Railway Diplomacy in Southeast Asia with a Case Study of Thailand;225
13.1;Introduction;225
13.2;Understanding and Conceptualising Regional Competition in Asia;227
13.3;Competing Orders and Physical Connectivity: China, the United States, and Japan;230
13.3.1;Sino-American Rivalry: Trade Versus Transport;230
13.3.2;Sino-Japanese Competition: Infrastructure Diplomacy;233
13.3.3;Sino-Japanese Competition: Vertical Versus Horizontal Connectivity in GMS;235
13.3.4;Regional Competition and Ordering;237
13.4;Sino-Japanese Competition and Railway Upgrading in Thailand;238
13.4.1;Sino-Thai HSR Negotiations;239
13.4.2;Japanese-Thai Collaboration on Railway Infrastructure;243
13.4.3;Sino-Japanese Competition in Thai Railway Upgrading;245
13.5;Concluding Remarks;246
13.6;References;248
14;Chapter 10: A Power Shift Underway in Europe? China’s Relationship with Central and Eastern Europe Under the Belt and Road Initiative;255
14.1;Introduction;255
14.2;China, CEE, and OBOR: A Quest for Influence?;257
14.3;China’s Leverage: Analytical and Methodological Concerns;260
14.4;China’s Economic Leverage;263
14.4.1;Capital Projects and Loans;263
14.4.2;Investments;265
14.4.3;Trade;267
14.5;China’s Political and Security Leverage;268
14.6;China’s Soft Power;270
14.7;OBOR and China’s Strategic Intentions in CEE;272
14.8;The Dynamics of China–CEE-EU Triangle: Adaptation and Contention;274
14.9;Conclusion: Is Power Shift Underway in Europe?;276
14.10;References;280
15;Chapter 11: Conclusion: The One Belt One Road in the Politics of Fear and Hope;285
15.1;References;294
16;Index;296