Green BRI as the new BRI domestic drivers and international implications Min Ye, Jiaqi Wang

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ye, Min, 1975- author.

Wang, Jiaqi (Of Boston University), author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in Indo-Pacific security

Cambridge elements. Elements in Indo-Pacific security 3033-4837

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yi dai yi lu (Initiative : China).

Sustainable development--Government policy.

International economic relations.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"China’s Green Belt and Road Initiative (GBRI) was launched in 2017 to address key criticisms of the original BRI and to better align China’s overseas development strategy with the global climate agenda. This research examines whether the GBRI represents a genuine shift in China or just a symbolic gesture, and explores its underlying domestic and international drivers. Specifically, it interrogates three prevailing interpretations of the GBRI: a greenwashing tactic, a geopolitical strategy, and a global climate cooperation effort. Our analysis reveals a more dynamic and nuanced process behind the GBRI’s emergence and evolution in China. On the one hand, the initiative is rooted in Chinese green industrialization and globalization, interacting with external opportunities and constraints. On the other hand, the rise of GBRI has elicited diverse responses: while US-aligned countries have imposed barriers, emerging markets, while selectively, have embraced Chinese green energy investments"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

GBRI : China’s emerging global strategy?

Debating the GBRI : theories in evolution

China and climate : domestic origins of the GBRI

GBRI policies : China’s evolving priorities

GBRI goes global

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed April 20, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Green BRI as the new BRI

ISBN:

9781009616515

100961651X

OCLC:

1583114140

Publisher Number:

10.1017/9781009616515

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license