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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia Ser |
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Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia Ser
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| Contents |
Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword: Belt and Road: China's Opportunities and Challenges -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 0.1 Background -- 0.2 The Structure of the Book -- References -- Part 1 China-mena Relations at Large -- Chapter 1 The Triple Pillar of Sino-mena Relations in the Age of Neoliberalism -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Chinese 'Cat Theory': Beyond Sinophilia and Sinophobia -- 1.3 Sino-mena Today: A Triple-Pillar Relationship |
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1.4 Whither the mena Paths of Development? A Civil Society Approach -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 China's Mental Maps of the Middle East and North Africa: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Contemporary prc Leadership's Geopolitical Image -- 2.1 Introduction: Approaching Mental Maps through Critical Discourse Analysis -- 2.2 Overlapping Geopolitical Cartographies in the prc Leadership's Mental Maps of the mena Region -- 2.2.1 Mental Map 1: The 'Arab countries/states' -- 2.2.2 Mental Map 2: The 'Middle East' and Its 'hotspots' -- 2.2.3 Mental Map 3: The 'Eurasian continent' |
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2.2.4 Mental Map 4: The 'developing countries' Category -- 2.3 Conclusions -- References -- Part 2 The Belt and Road Initiative: Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 3 Is Growing the Iran-China Relationship as Easy as Building a Belt and Road? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Background -- 3.3 bri and the Coming of Age of the Iran-China Relationship -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Belt and Road Initiative: Central Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Two Different Narratives: The Chinese Perspective -- 4.3 Two Different Narratives: The 'Other' Perspective |
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4.4 Myths and Realities -- 4.5 Potential Challenges -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Building National Consensus, Curbing Terrorism, and Managing Regional Rivalries in Balochistan -- 5.1 Introduction: The Place of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in the Belt and Road Initiative -- 5.2 Literature on the cpec: Assumptions and Perspectives -- 5.2.1 The cpec Enthusiasts -- 5.2.2 The cpec Opponents -- 5.2.3 The cpec Pragmatists -- 5.3 Harmonising Provincial Interests and Building National Consensus |
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5.4 Curbing Terrorism and Strengthening Security -- 5.5 The Political Economy of Balochistan -- 5.6 Fostering Regional Cooperation under the Shadow of India-Pakistan Rivalry -- 5.7 Changing Dynamics of Indo-China Relations and the cpec -- 5.8 Balochistan: The Emerging Epicentre of Regional Power Rivalry and the Future of the cpec -- 5.9 Conclusion -- References -- Part 3 China's Soft Power and Hard Power in the mena Region -- Chapter 6 Confucius in the uae: Chinese Soft Power in the gcc -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Soft Power and Its Growing Reach -- 6.3 Re-Emergence of China as an Economic Power |
| Summary |
"This edited volume critically examines the changing dynamics of multidimensional relations between China, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia in an emerging "multiplex world". It challenges both extremes of "Sinophobia" and "Sinophilia" by studying the real "pragmatist" China. This book, in fifteen chapters, problematizes what MENA and Asia means to China in the age of neoliberalism, explores what are the real or perceived pillars of Sino-MENA-Asia relations, and sheds light on how MENA can benefit from its relations with China while keeping a clear distance from the harms of neoliberal authoritarianism. Contributors are Mojtaba Mahdavi, Tugrul Keskin, Manochehr Dorraj, Sari Hanafi, Habibul Haque Khondker, Dara Conduit, Rigas Arvanitis, Saeed Shafqat, Jordi Quero, Mahesh Ranjan Debata, Andrea Ghiselli, Mher D. Sahakyan, Michael McCall, Yossra M. Taha and Xiaoyue Li"-- Provided by publisher |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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6.4 China's Soft Power |
| Subject |
International economic relations
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, North -- Foreign economic relations -- China
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China -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa, North
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China -- Foreign economic relations -- Middle East
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Middle East -- Foreign economic relations -- China
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China
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Middle East
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North Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Keskin, Tugrul
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| ISBN |
9789004510005 |
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9004510001 |
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