China's millennium transformation : the Belt and Road Initiative / Da Hsuan Feng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feng, Da Hsuan, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Commercial policy.

China.

Commercial policy.

China--Foreign economic relations.

International economic relations.

Economic development--China.

Economic development.

Economic development--Developing countries.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xlii, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2020]

Summary:

"This book on the Belt and Road Initiative is written from an unusual perspective and by someone who was born in India but raised in Singapore; who has never spent a day of schooling in the greater China (Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau) but has Chinese heritage; who eventually built a long and distinguished career in the West. With such an atypical background, he took an off the beaten path by asking the fundamental question of how such an important initiative, began entirely by China, can deeply impact and transform the millennium mindset of Chinese. Such a transformation of the Chinese shall render a new definition, unlike the one made by Western civilization for many centuries since the Renaissance days, of what a "powerful nation" in the 21st century for the betterment of humanity should be. Throughout the book, three main outcomes of the BRI are embedded directly or indirectly throughout the book: Supercontinent, Neo-Renaissance and Cultural Communications. The author felt that these three outcomes are the possible mitigation for the world in the 21st century facing existential challenges"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Genesis of My BRI Fascination and Engagement p. 1

Chapter 2 Supercontinent: An Amalgamation of East and West p. 17

Chapter 3 Neo-Renaissance: Humanity's Possibility to "Think-Out-Of-The-Box" to Mitigate Existential Challenges p. 61

Chapter 4 Cultural Communication: An Ultimate Challenge of Chinese Culture p. 93

Chapter 5 Case Study 1 of "Cultural Communication": A Conversation With Lee Hong-Fah, the Modem-Day Zhang Qian p. 157

Chapter 6 Case Study 2 of "Cultural Communication": Search of Jewish Heritage in China p. 177

Chapter 7 Case Study 3 of "Cultural Communication": "Small Nations" Like Canada Need to Understand Realpolitik, Especially Now! p. 193

Chapter 8 Case Study 4 of "Cultural Communication": "Constructing" a True Supercontinent p. 235

Chapter 9 Case Study 5 of "Cultural Communication": Reflection on the "Re-Visit" to Millennium Hanoi p. 267

Chapter 10 Imminent Challenges of the Belt and Road Initiative p. 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789811210914

9811210918

9789811216909

9811216908

OCLC:

1123182459