China and the Islamic world : how the new Silk Road is transforming global politics / Robert R. Bianchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bianchi, Robert, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

International relations.

Middle East--Foreign relations--China.

Middle East.

China--Foreign relations--Middle East.

China.

Islamic countries--Foreign relations--China.

Islamic countries.

China--Foreign relations--Islamic countries.

Middle East--Foreign economic relations--China.

China--Foreign economic relations--Middle East.

Islamic countries--Foreign economic relations--China.

China--Foreign economic relations--Islamic countries.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Diplomatic relations.

Middle East Region.

Physical Description:

xx, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

" China is building a New Silk Road that runs through the heartland of the Muslim world, promising it will create integrated economies and stronger ties across Eurasia and Africa. Robert R. Bianchi argues that while China has the financial and technical resources to accomplish its infrastructure goals, it is woefully unprepared to deal with the social and political demands of its partner countries' citizens. China and the Islamic World explores how China's leaders and citizens are learning-through their relationships with Pakistan, Turkey, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria and Egypt-that they have to respect and adjust to the aspirations of ordinary people throughout the Islamic world, not just cater to the narrow band of government and business elites. Bianchi demonstrates that turbulent countries along the New Silk Road are likely to transform Chinese society at least as much as China changes them. This realization will be deeply unsettling for China's authoritarian rulers, who desperately want to monopolize power domestically. The party and state bosses have responded to challenges with a contradictory blend of flexibility abroad and rigidity at home, compromising with popular demands in one country after another while refusing to negotiate many of the same issues with their own citizens. This book shows how China faces a growing struggle to maintain their double-sided statecraft as it becomes apparent that the New Silk Road is not a one way street. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Preface

List of Tables

List of Figures

Introduction

Chapter 1: What Is New About the New Silk Road?

Chapter 2: Megaregions and Coevolution in World Politics

Chapter 3: Pakistan: Deep Democracy and Shallow Strategy

Chapter 4: Turkey: Competing Partner

Chapter 5: Indonesia: Inherent Weakness and Increasing Leverage

Chapter 6: Iran: The Great Divider

Chapter 7: Nigeria: A Shaky Bridge

Chapter 8: Egypt: Weighing the Tolls

Chapter 9: Islam and the Opening of the Chinese Mind

Chapter 10: Learning Abroad, Evading at Home

Chapter 11: The Bitter and the Sweet

Notes

Selected Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-275) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bianchi, Robert, 1945- author. China and the Islamic world

ISBN:

9780190915285

0190915285

OCLC:

1056780875