Chapter 1 China and the World: A Roadmap and Timetable for Globalization
Section 1 From the Silk Road to the Belt and Road Initiative / 2
Section 2 The Belt and Road Initiative: An International Comparison Perspective / 18
Chapter 2 Geopolitical and Geo-economic Theories
Section 1 The Eurasian World Island Theory Proposed by British Geographer Mackinder / 35
Section 2 The Rimland Theory Proposed by Dutch Strategist Spykman / 45
Section 3 The Theory Proposed by Contemporary American Strategist Brzezinski / 51
Chapter 3 Pioneers on the Silk Road
Section 1 Stories of Zhang Qian / 63
Section 2 Gan Ying’s Mission to Daqin / 70
Section 3 Stories of Marco Polo / 77
Section 4 Zheng He’s Voyages to the Western Ocean / 83
Section 5 British Ambassador Macartney’s Visit to China / 99
Section 6 Summary / 104
Chapter 4 The Beginning of the Age of Exploration: Trade Structure for Nearly Two Hundred Years during the Qing Dynasty
Section 1 Trade Overview / 108
Section 2 The Impacts of Foreign Trade / 122
Section 3 Important Historical Roles / 131
Section 4 World Powers after the Age of Exploration / 157
Section 5 The First War for Trade Balance - the First Opium War / 162
Chapter 5 Holistic Thinking about the Belt and Road Initiative
Section 1 Trade System / 168
Section 2 The Monetary System and Financial Institutions / 173
Section 3 Categories of Trade Goods / 185
Section 4 Official Attitudes and Public Acceptance / 193
Section 5 Free Trade Ports / 198
Section 6 Historical Reasons for the Increase in China’s ODI in Recent Years / 205
Section 7 Comparison between China and Other Countries / 212
Chapter 6 Specific Deliberation about the Belt and Road Initiative: The Land Silk Road
Section 1 Constraints on the Development of the Land Silk Road / 220
Section 2 Institutional Differences / 226
Section 3 Cultural Differences / 231
Section 4 Revival of Eurasia / 245
Chapter 7 Specific Deliberation about the Belt and Road Initiative: The Maritime Silk Road
Section 1 Material and Technical Foundation / 249
Section 2 Institutional Preparations / 256
Section 4 RMB Offshore Markets / 272
Section 3 Cultural Preparation / 278
Section 4 Singapore’s Experience / 282
Chapter 8 The Belt and Road Initiative Leading to a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind
Section 1 Significance of Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind / 289
Section 2 The Belt and Road Initiative as a Focal Point of Efforts to Build a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind / 308
Section 3 Promoting Trade and Investment Liberalization from the Perspective of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind / 323
Postscript / 330
References / 333