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Edited by Jean A. Berlie China’s Globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative Politics and Development of Contemporary China Series Editors Kevin G. Cai University of Waterloo Renison University College Waterloo, ON, Canada Pan Guang Shanghai Center for International Studies Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Shanghai, China Daniel C. Lynch School of International Relations University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA As China’s power grows, the search has begun in earnest for what super- power status will mean for the People’s Republic of China as a nation as well as the impact of its new-found influence on the Asia-Pacific region and the global international order at large. By providing a venue for excit- ing and ground-breaking titles, the aim of this series is to explore the domestic and international implications of China’s rise and transformation through a number of key areas including politics, development and for- eign policy. The series will also give a strong voice to non-western perspec- tives on China’s rise in order to provide a forum that connects and compares the views of academics from both the east and west reflecting the truly international nature of the discipline. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14541 Jean A. Berlie Editor China’s Globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative Editor Jean A. Berlie The Education University of Hong Kong Tai Po, Hong Kong Politics and Development of Contemporary China ISBN 978-3-030-22288-8 ISBN 978-3-030-22289-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22289-5 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland A cknowledgment I thank particularly J. Neto Valente, C. Barthelemy and J.P. Bondil who inspired me to edit this book on globalization. Without them, this book would have not seen the light of day. v Praise for China’s Globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative “Jean A. Berlie’s book “China’s Globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative” is about a particularly crucial topic for the future of the Planet: The OBOR (One Belt & One Road) is a Chinese global program launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, which includes the new land and maritime Silk Road. China is now an economic and political superpower and its Belt and Road managed to link more than 70 countries, encompasses more than 70% of the world’s population (4.4 bil- lion) and will rapidly reach some 70% of the world’s GDP (US$ 25 trillion). This book proposes an exhaustive economico-political analysis with international impli- cations. Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor and Africa are studied in relation with the Belt and Road Initiative. We recall that the historical Silk Road was mainly concerned with trade and exchange as with the diffusion of Buddhism. This time, however it is more closely associated with the diffusion of the Chinese Communist Party’s social-capitalism than Western liberal-capitalism.” —Professor L. Vandermeersch, Former Director of the French EFEO “Based on a high coverage, this book offering a comprehensive analysis of the issues related on One Belt, One Road (OBOR) construction, included the infra- structure construction, transportation, energy, commerce, finance and its risk, cul- tural impact, globalization influence, etc. In the meantime, the analysis with many living cases, included the Hong Kong-Shenzhen-Macao Greater Bay Area, the issues of South China Sea, and OBOR practice in Asia, Africa and Europe, etc. This book brings us many new views on OBOR studies, it encouraged to under- stand the positive influence of OBOR, emphasized the importance of the harmony in the OBOR practices. It also discussed some sensitive issues like the difference of “old” and “new” globalizations related to the OBOR, and the replacement of China’s economic developmental model to the west in Africa, and so on. Anyway, depended on the new data, new view, new development, this book is an important and new one among hundreds of publications benefited the understanding of the background, actuality, risk and prospective of OBOR construction.” —Dr. Xiao Yun Zheng, Distinguished Professor of Hubei University, President of China Institute of Yangtze River Culture Studies vii c ontents 1 Introduction 1 Jean A. Berlie 2 The New Silk Road 13 Jean A. Berlie 3 Xinjiang and Central Asia’s Pivot of History for the Belt and Road Initiative 41 Jean A. Berlie 4 Infrastructure and the Belt and Road Initiative 57 Manuel Benard 5 The Greater Bay Area and the Role of Hong Kong and Macau SARs in the Belt and Road Initiative 77 Jean A. Berlie and Steven Hung 6 China’s Development of Public Goods in the South China Sea Islands 101 Zhang Mingliang 7 China’s Globalization and the Belt and Road Project: The Case of Indonesia and Malaysia 123 Geoffrey C. Gunn ix x CONTENTS 8 Timor-Leste and the Australia Treaty on Maritime Borders and Implications for the Belt and Road Initiative 139 Peter Murphy and Jean A. Berlie 9 Africa-China Relations in the Context of Belt and Road Initiative: Realizing African-Chinese Dreams for Common Development? 157 Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau 10 A Chinese-African Cross Cultural Perspective on Dispute Settlement and the Belt and Road Initiative: Challenges and Risks Facing Chinese Investors 179 Li Ke 11 Epilogue 207 Jean A. Berlie Bibliography 217 Index 237 n c otes on ontributors Manuel Benard is an expert on infrastructure and development. He worked for the United Nations, the African Development Bank and the European Central Bank. Jean A. Berlie is a research fellow at the Education University of Hong Kong. His main research is on China and Southeast Asia. He wrote a dozen of books on China and Southeast Asia. Geoffrey C. Gunn is emeritus professor, Nagasaki University/adjunct professor, Center for Macau Studies, University of Macau. He wrote some 20 books on history, Asia and in particular Southeast Asia. Steven Hung is a lecturer at the Education University of Hong Kong. Li Ke is a researcher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau. Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau is a lecturer in the Department of History at the Hong Kong Baptist University. He holds a PhD in Political Science at the University of Queensland, Australia. Zhang Mingliang (张明亮) is a professor at the Institute of South East Asia Studies in Jinan University, in Guangzhou. He holds a PhD from Beijing University in 2004. His major works are centered on the South China Sea and Sino-Vietnamese ties, and he has authored two mono- graphs and articles concerning the South China Sea. His books are enti- tled: Breaking the Deadlock in the South China Sea: What China Could Do xi
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