Re-Emergence of the Middle East in China: Towards a New Research Paradigm in ‘One Belt, One Road’

• Authors: Ho Wai-Yip
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

China’s new global initiative, ‘One Belt, One Road’, has been reviving the ancient Silk Road trade route to launch an alternative ‘Go Global’ strategy. Commentators foresee China’s new Silk Road, sometimes referred to as the new Marshall Plan, may reshape the dynamics of the regions and lead to confrontation among the big powers. There are fears that whether China is engaged in neo-colonialism in Africa and may become a superpower in the Middle East. While dominant policy and scholarly attention has been given to ‘China in the Middle East’, this paper explores another ignored trend and new research paradigm, namely ‘the Middle East in China’.

Keywords

EN

China; new Silk Road; Belt and Road Initiative; Middle East in China

• Publisher: Fundacja Instytut Nauki o Polityce
• Journal: Polish Journal of Political Science
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 79-91

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Ho Wai-Yip

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