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Reflections on China's Belt and Road Initiative

Reflections on China's Belt and Road Initiative Since 2013, China’s leadership have been proposing a New Silk Road also called One Belt One Road to refer to the Silk Road Economic Belt (by land) and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (by sea). This article focuses on the overland routes connecting Xinjiang in China to Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Pakistan, its historical antecedents, and the role of Xinjiang as a gateway to China’s contemporary Silk Road connections. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Area Development and Policy Taylor & Francis

Reflections on China's Belt and Road Initiative

Toops, Stanley
Area Development and Policy , Volume 1 (3): 9 – Nov 3, 2016
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Reflections on China's Belt and Road Initiative

Abstract

Since 2013, China’s leadership have been proposing a New Silk Road also called One Belt One Road to refer to the Silk Road Economic Belt (by land) and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (by sea). This article focuses on the overland routes connecting Xinjiang in China to Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Pakistan, its historical antecedents, and the role of Xinjiang as a gateway to China’s contemporary Silk Road connections.
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2016 Regional Studies Association
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2379-2957
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2379-2949
DOI
10.1080/23792949.2016.1233072
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Abstract

Since 2013, China’s leadership have been proposing a New Silk Road also called One Belt One Road to refer to the Silk Road Economic Belt (by land) and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (by sea). This article focuses on the overland routes connecting Xinjiang in China to Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Pakistan, its historical antecedents, and the role of Xinjiang as a gateway to China’s contemporary Silk Road connections.

Journal

Area Development and Policy – Taylor & Francis

Published: Nov 3, 2016

Keywords: Silk Road Economic Belt; China; Xinjiang; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Pakistan; 丝绸之路经济带; 中国; 新疆; 哈萨克斯坦; 吉尔吉斯共和国; 巴基斯坦; Franja económica de la Ruta de la Seda; China; Xinjiang; Kazajstán; República de Kirguistán; Pakistán; экономический пояс Шелкового пути; Китай; Синьцзян; Казахстан; Кыргызстан; Пакистан

References

  • China studying new Silk Road Rail link to Pakistan
  • Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) regional identity formation from the perspective of the Central Asia States
  • Xinjiang: Increasing pain in the heart of China’s borderland
  • Cross-border minorities as cultural and economic mediators between China and Central Asia
  • Xinjiang in China’s foreign relations: Part of a New Silk Road or Central Asian zone of conflict?
  • Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Not quite the New Silk Road
  • China’s place in Central Asia
  • Chinese economic presence in Kazakhstan
  • Embedded rubber sandals: Trade and gifts across the Sino-Kyrgyz border
  • China, Kazakhstan sign $23 billion in deals
  • On China- Kazakhstan border lies a lopsided free trade zone
  • Xi in call for building of “maritime Silk Road”