Chinese Narratives on “One Belt, One Road” (一带一路) in Geopolitical and Imperial Contexts

Sidaway, James D.; Woon, Chih Yuan

doi:10.1080/00330124.2017.1288576

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“…Central Asia is largely overlooked in existing literature on OBOR, which has thus far largely attended to Chinese narratives about the initiative ( [4], the Maritime Silk Road component (e.g., [7]), Chinese economic and political expansion in South East Asia [49], and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [3]. Research by Central Asian scholars and specialists has begun to turn attention to the potential impacts of OBOR in the region, focusing on narratives of state ideologies and development [13,16,43], the inability of Central Asian states to exert sovereignty [15], marginal borderlands [1,50], and expanding Chinese influence in the region [5,12].…”

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“…Interpretations abound yet facts are few on the ground. We stress four themes in the Central Asian context: uncertainty is an OBOR hallmark, events and infrastructure will play out differently in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, capacity and marginality will challenge infrastructure development, and ultimately all roads lead back to China (see [4]). A core tenet presented in the work of Barry [17] is that infrastructure is constructed on real geography through living communities, rather than in presidential speeches and grand edicts, is critical in a region of 7000+ metre mountains, deserts, extreme climates, and different cultures.…”

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“…Presented as an economic corridor, an OBOR of pipelines, bridges, roads, etc. is imagined for Central Asia to enhance security and energy cooperation [4]. The concurrent launch of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) provides both a funding source and implied international backing for large scale building projects.…”

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“…In China, the programme is presented as "a great undertaking that will benefit peoples around the world" [3] (p. 93). This mega-investment and infrastructure programme will have significant impact on the nations through which it traverses [4][5][6]. In the rush to construction, questions of sovereignty, cost, and obligations are yet to be resolved in recipient countries.…”

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“…At the macro-scale, it is a presentation of China to the world in the 21st century. A Chinese government perspective stresses 'development and prosperity', that OBOR 'is not a tool of geopolitics' and 'growing power and investments should not be seen as threatening' [4] …”

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Central Asian ‘Characteristics’ on China’s New Silk Road: The Role of Landscape and the Politics of Infrastructure

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China's $1 trillion One Belt, One Road (OBOR) infrastructure project has significant landscape, socio-economic, and political implications in recipient countries. To date, investigation has focused on Chinese motivation and plans rather than OBOR impact in host nations. This paper examines the programme from the perspective of two Central Asian states-Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan-that are at the heart of OBOR. We identify geographical factors that constrain infrastructure, recognise geopolitical contestation between Russia and China, address historical and cultural factors, and consider issues of institutional capacity and marginality that may be impediments to China's initiative. The discussion then focuses on how OBOR may play out in Central Asian landscapes and suggests how to conceive and address the unprecedented transformation in the region's built environment. Critical issues are that OBOR has not been grounded in the physical geography, practical understanding of OBOR's impacts is missing, and the state-citizen-China nexus remains unexplored. As pivot nations, OBOR implementation in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan will showcase the Chinese programme's strengths and highlight its weaknesses.

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Urban expansion and infrastructure development reduce habitat suitability for Asian elephants in southwestern China

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Conservation interventions for threatened species must be based on accurate assessments of the effects of anthropogenic pressures on habitat suitability. We used multiscale multivariable species‐distribution modeling to evaluate habitat suitability for an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) population in Shangyong Reserve, Yunnan Province, southwestern China. We investigated the scales at which measurements of environmental variables best reflected elephant habitat selection, and examined whether these responses changed over 2 decades (2000–2010 and 2011–2020) in response to 20 environmental variables, including 14 variables reflecting landscape fragmentation, the extent of buildings, and transport infrastructure. Elephant presence was sensitive to the scale of each variable, and the effects differed among variables within and between decades. More than half of the variables influenced elephant presence at coarse scales of 8 or 16 km, including 12 variables reflecting anthropogenic pressures in 2000–2010 and 10 in 2011–2020. Overall, multivariate models with variables at their optimal scales had higher discrimination than models at uniformly fine scales of 1 km or 2 km. The extent of suitable habitat for elephants declined by 24% over 2 decades. Less than half of elephant habitat was located within Shangyong Reserve (49% in 2000–2010, 40% in 2011–2020), indicating the importance of managing suitable habitat beyond reserve boundaries. Roads and buildings reduced the probability of elephant presence, with effects that extended beyond their immediate footprint. We advocate that infrastructure be planned with buffers, ≥8 km wide, between roads or buildings and core elephant habitat. Multiscale multivariable species‐distribution modeling should be employed to ensure that all suitable habitat for the remaining fragmented elephant populations in Yunnan is identified, mapped, and protected.

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A comprehensive study on strengthening IPR Paradigm affecting regional development based on “One Belt One Road” collaboration between China and the Middle East

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Zaheer

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Importance of the global collaboration for the sake of regional development is very well understood by the rising economic structure of China as it has played a very important role in developing such initiates such as Belt and Road Initiative for regional advancement in Middle Eastern countries. The importance of One Belt One road initiative for the economic, cultural, and regional development cannot be overemphasized and thus it is going to bridge the gap between China and Middle Eastern countries. This research is focused on those specific requisite areas, which need a systematic scenario for the implementation of this global progressive initiative. Moreover, this research also exploits the relationship between imperative areas. Although these highlighted associations do not play a stand‐alone role, though they are and will be affected by other prompting factors. The major findings of this research study expose the dependency and mutual exclusion of these factors such as the significant change in our main variable (IPR Paradigm) due to change in Trademark, IPR institution, ownership, and confidentiality adoption because of the Sig. value is 0.014, 0.015, 0.003, and 0.002 respectively, which is less than the acceptable value of 0.05. With a 1% increase in the adoption of trademark, IPR institution, ownership, and confidentiality, the IPR Paradigm will increase by 0.183%, 0.173%, 0.197%, and 0.197% (B value) respectively.

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Chinese Narratives on “One Belt, One Road” (一带一路) in Geopolitical and Imperial Contexts

Cited by 147 publications

References 30 publications

Central Asian ‘Characteristics’ on China’s New Silk Road: The Role of Landscape and the Politics of Infrastructure

Central Asian ‘Characteristics’ on China’s New Silk Road: The Role of Landscape and the Politics of Infrastructure

Urban expansion and infrastructure development reduce habitat suitability for Asian elephants in southwestern China

A comprehensive study on strengthening IPR Paradigm affecting regional development based on “One Belt One Road” collaboration between China and the Middle East

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