Authors:
Professor Da Hsuan Feng (冯达旋)is the Chairman of the International Advisory Board of Hainan University (海南大学) and Chief Advisor of China's Silk Road iValley Research Institute, the 3rd largest and influential think-tank of China. Trained as a theoretical physicist, he has in the past several years been deeply engaging in various aspects of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and has delivered major speeches and lectures worldwide about this issue. Professor Feng is a well-known theoretical physicist and the former Vice President for Research of the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of the bookEdu-renaissance: Notes from a Globetrotting Higher Educator, published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Professor Hai Ming Liang (Hoi Ming Leung, 梁海明)is the Dean of Hainan University Belt and Road Research Institute and Chairman of China Silk Road iValley Research Institute, one of the top six think-tanks of China today (there are now over 600), with offices in Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing. Within the Institute, there are experts in all areas, from economics to culture to technology, from within China and foreign countries. Currently, he is a visiting scholar at Princeton University. Liang is one of the new generation of economists of China today. He was invited by the Chinese government as one of the few Chinese experts in the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in 2017. He is also a columnist for Financial Times (Chinese edition) and Financial Commentator of China Central Television.
Description:
This book views the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a bold and all-encompassing 21st century global effort by China, with unprecedented perspectives. The BRI could be summarised as a "revitalization" of China's ancient land-based and maritime silk roads, but it should be noted that its impact on China and the world stands on the foundation of omnipresent economics and how China transforms its mindset in the 21st century.
Though initiated by China, the BRI's implementation has been a many-to-many effort from the start. This multi-regional and multi-national effort is distinctly different from the one-to-many effort of the Marshall Plan. The two meaning-defining chapters of this book, "Omnipresent Economics: The Belt and Road Initiative Underpinning" and "Supercontinent, Neo-Renaissance and Cultural Communications: The Millennium Mindset Transformations Induced by the Belt and Road Initiative", have made it abundantly clear that the BRI discussions presented are unique.
The discussions of this book could shed new light on the BRI, a long-term and profound initiative by China, which in today's global discussions and debates, are entirely confined to geopolitical and economics arenas.
Chapters:
Chapter 1: Omnipresent Economics: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Underpinning
Chapter 2: Supercontinent, Neo-Renaissance and Cultural Communications: The Millennium Mindset Transformations Induced by the Belt and Road Initiative
Chapter 3: Belt and Road Initiative to a Greater America
Chapter 4: The Last Great Chance for Planet Earth: Belt and Road Initiative?
Chapter 5: Belt and Road Initiative Could Boost United States’ Manufacturing
Chapter 6: Why Donald Trump’s Economic Plan is a Non-Starter
Chapter 7: How the United States Can Work with China on the Belt and Road Initiative
Chapter 8: Separate Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank and Belt and Road Goals Complement Each Other
Chapter 9: Australia Could Be Springboard for Chinese Firms
Chapter 10: Chinese Firms Can Learn from Japan’s ASEAN Strategy
Chapter 11: Chinese-Foreign Links Are Key to Win-Win Investment
Chapter 12: The Benefit of Extending China-Singapore Ties
Chapter 13: New Mindset for Singapore’s Participation in the Belt and Road Initiative
Chapter 14: Singapore Can Be “Global Meeting Ground”: Starting with a “Center for Research on China and India”
Chapter 14: Singapore Can Be “Global Meeting Ground”: Starting with a “Center for Research on China and India”
Chapter 16: China’s Pakistan Bourse Stake to Boost Ties
Chapter 17: Chinese Enterprises Need Sense of Mission in Pakistan
Chapter 17: Chinese Enterprises Need Sense of Mission in Pakistan
Chapter 19: China Should Legalize Filipino Domestic Helpers
Chapter 20: Thailand Can Be ASEAN’s Headquarter of Belt and Road Initiative
Chapter 21: Thailand Can Be a Belt and Road Initiative Smart City Flagship
Chapter 22: How Myanmar’s Understanding of China is Paving the Way for Economic Success
Chapter 23: Misconceptions Hamper Sino-India Cooperation
Chapter 24: Belt and Road Initiative Can Help Push Yuan Internationalization
Chapter 25: Hong Kong Must Do More to Join the Belt and Road Initiative
Chapter 26: Hong Kong in the Next Two Decades: “De-Colonization” May Be the Key
Chapter 27: Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao Can Play Key Role in the Belt and Road Initiative
Chapter 28: Education: The Underpinning of Belt and Road Initiative
Chapter 29: Fostering Islamic Finance Poses Challenges
Chapter 30: China Should Help Develop Islamic Finance Standards
Chapter 31: Blockchain Could Unblock Routes to Global Success
Chapter 32: Sharing Economy is a New Source of Growth
Chapter 33: The Future of China, a Reflection
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