03469nam 2200625 450 991016279970332120210311111955.01-350-21912-61-78360-923-010.5040/9781350219120(CKB)3710000001024838(OCoLC)970041971(CaBNVSL)9781350219120(EXLCZ)99371000000102483820210311h20212017 uy 0engurcn|||||||||rdacontentcrirdacontentrdamediardacarrierChina's Asian dream empire building along the New Silk Road /Tom MillerLondon, England :Zed Books,2017.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (xii, 292 pages) maps1-78032-145-7 1-78360-925-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. "One belt, one road" : financing the new Silk Road. Belt and road initiative ; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ; Asia's infrastructure arms race -- 2. Marching west : the economics of power in central Asia. Xinjang ; Central Asia ; Russia -- 3. In the heat of the sun : advancing down the Mekong. Laos ; Cambodia -- 4. California dreamin' : how China "lost" Myanmar. Gateway to the Bay of Bengal -- 5. A string of pearls : fear and loathing in the Indian Ocean. Indian Ocean ; Pakistan ; India ; Sri Lanka -- 6. Fiery waters : mapping the South China Sea. Vietnam."'China, ' Napoleon once remarked, 'is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world.' In 2014, President Xi Jinping declared the lion had awakened. Under his leadership, China is pursuing a dream to restore its historical position as the dominant power in Asia. From the Mekong River Basin to the Central Asian Steppe, China is flexing its economic muscles for strategic ends. By setting up new regional financial institutions, Beijing is challenging the post-World War II order established under the watchful eye of Washington. And by funding and building roads, railways, ports and power lines--a New Silk Road across Eurasia and through the South China Sea and Indian Ocean--China aims to draw its neighbours ever tighter into its embrace. Combining a geopoliticial overview with on-the-ground reportage from a dozen countries, China's Asian Dream offers a fresh perspective on the rise of China and what it means for the future of Asia"--Back cover.Empire building along the New Silk RoadRegionalismAsiaFinanceChinaFinanceAsiaInternational financeReportage & collected journalismbicsscChinaForeign economic relationsAsiaAsiaForeign economic relationsChinaAsiaEconomic integrationChinaEconomic conditions2000-AsiaEconomic conditions21st centuryRegionalismFinanceFinanceInternational finance.Reportage & collected journalism337.5105Miller Tom(Journalist),1109070YDXCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910162799703321China's Asian dream3007677UNINA