E-raamat: Belt And Road Initiative: Chinese Version Of "e;Marshall Plan"e;?

China's ongoing Belt and Road Initiative is not like the US Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War II, say Feng and Liang, because the former was one-to-many, and the latter is many-to-many. They discuss the challenges, opportunities, and long-term impacts of relinking the long-severed centers of Eurasia in an era of omnipresent economics. Among their topics are why Donald Trump's economic plan is a non-starter, a new mindset for Singapore's participation in the Belt and Road Initiative, China should legalize Filipino domestic helpers, how Myanmar's understanding of China is paving the way for economic success, and China should help develop Islamic finance standards. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

This book views the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a bold and all-encompassing 21st century global effort by China, with unprecedented perspectives. The BRI could be summarised as a "revitalization" of China's ancient land-based and maritime silk roads, but it should be noted that its impact on China and the world stands on the foundation of omnipresent economics and how China transforms its mindset in the 21st century. Though initiated by China, the BRI's implementation has been a many-to-many effort from the start. This multi-regional and multi-national effort is distinctly different from the one-to-many effort of the Marshall Plan. The two meaning-defining chapters of this book, "Omnipresent Economics: The Belt and Road Initiative Underpinning" and "Supercontinent, Neo-Renaissance and Cultural Communications: The Millennium Mindset Transformations Induced by the Belt and Road Initiative", have made it abundantly clear that the BRI discussions presented are unique. The discussions of this book could shed new light on the BRI, a long-term and profound initiative by China, which in today's global discussions and debates, are entirely confined to geopolitical and economics arenas.