Chinas Communication of the Belt and Road Initiative

This book examines how China's international political communication of the Belt and Road Initiative comprises narratives about infrastructure and the Silk Road.

Autorentext

Dr Carolijn van Noort is a Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy at the University of the West of Scotland. Her research focuses on the international political communication of rising powers. Her first book, Infrastructure Communication in International Relations, examined how rising powers communicate about infrastructure internationally.

Klappentext

This book examines how China's international political communication of the Belt and Road Initiative comprises narratives about infrastructure and the Silk Road.

Inhalt

1. Belt and Road Communication 2. Infrastructure Narratives: Communication of Infrastructure Modalities 3. Silk Road Narratives: Selective Communication of History 4. Infrastructure Achievements and the Belt and Road Forum in 2019 5. The Alternative North-South Road in Kyrgyzstan 6. The Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya 7. The China-Maldives Friendship Bridge 8. Historical Statecraft and Aesthetic Insecurity: Travels by Marco Polo and Ibn Battutah 9. Conclusion