The Cheng Ho (Zheng He) Cultural Museum in Malacca (Melaka)

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tai Wei Lim
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Ming Dynasty ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Trade Politics ◽  
The Silk Road

The Zheng He Museum is an important depository of material artefacts related to Zheng He’s seven voyages through the maritime world. This writing intends to highlight three contemporary narratives related to his legacies: (1) the idea of Zheng He as a symbol of the ‘art of collaboration’; (2) the narrative that associates Zheng He with peaceful tributary relations; and (3) the concept of Malacca as an emporium of trade that prospered under official trade and diplomatic exchanges with Ming dynasty China. All three narratives highlight the idea of the Maritime Silk Road as a metaphor for exchanges, trade, politics, culture and the ‘Asian’ way of mediating differences between nations. The narratives conform to the idea of the Silk Road Ethos by exceptionalizing intercultural respect and non-hegemonic Pan-Asianism. Arising from these narratives and related to the material artefacts presented in the Malacca Zheng He Museum, the important legacies of Zheng He’s maritime voyages related to contemporary concerns in East Asia are in the realm of conflict resolution, capacity-building and free trade, although, for objectivity, this writing will also selectively discuss contested elements and alternative interpretations of the symbolism of Zheng He’s voyages.

scholarly journals Logistics Challenges Along the New Silk Roads

2021 ◽  
pp. 295-307
Author(s):  
Hans-Dietrich Haasis ◽  
Jianhui Du ◽  
Xuejun Sun
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Silk Road Economic Belt ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Communication And Coordination ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
The Silk Road

AbstractIn 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping advised to establish the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road,” also referred as the Belt and Road Initiative or the New Silk Roads Policy. The intention is to promote international and regional trade as well as cooperation in and between Asia and Europe. Consequently, international maritime and terrestrial freight transport corridors are either established or strengthened and operated. The purpose of this paper is to reflect the Belt and Road Initiative from the perspective of logistics. The aim is to identify and formulate circumstances, expectations, opportunities, and peculiarities of logistics along the New Silk Roads. For this purpose, four corresponding challenges will be considered and outlined after an introduction to the Belt and Road Initiative. The four logistics challenges concern the awareness of new freight transport corridors and the assessment of possibilities for opening new transport relations and new markets, the implementation of new and the adaptation of existing supply chains to increase strategic logistics flexibility, the availability and use of digital infrastructure and connectivity for improved communication and coordination of logistical processes, and the willingness to consider regional and cultural differences in the preparation and realization of supply chain decisions.

scholarly journals C-E Translation Practice of the Chapter “Maritime Silk Road of the Indian Ocean” of the Book The Silk Road

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 434
Author(s):  
Min Shen
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
Translation Practice ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Hard Evidence ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Silk Road ◽  
Unique Status

The Silk Road written and edited by Professor Liu Yingsheng introduces the origin, rise and decline of the Silk Road and its unique status in world history. Through describing the evolution of the Silk Road and history and geography of countries along the route, this work reproduces the prosperity of the Silk Road at a time dated back to thousands of years ago. The chapter “Maritime Silk Road of the Indian Ocean” excerpted from the book describes intense cultural exchanges between ancient China and India, presenting hard evidence of strong ties between these two civilizations. This paper starts with brief introductions to source text analysis and translation preparations including pre-translation, while-translation and post-translation proofreading are then exemplified. Translation difficulties such as translation of proper names, specifically names of places and nations and of books and translation of classical Chinese are analyzed with examples and solutions proposed for reference.

Limitations of Seasonal Predictability for Summer Climate over East Asia and the Northwestern Pacific

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (21) ◽  
pp. 7574-7589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Kosaka ◽  
J. S. Chowdary ◽  
Shang-Ping Xie ◽  
Young-Mi Min ◽  
June-Yi Lee
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
El Niño ◽  
El Nino ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Northwestern Pacific ◽  
Seasonal Predictability ◽  
Coupled Models ◽  
Summer Climate ◽  
Silk Road Pattern ◽  
The Silk Road

Predictability of summer climate anomalies over East Asia and the northwestern Pacific is investigated using observations and a multimodel hindcast ensemble initialized on 1 May for the recent 20–30 yr. Summertime East Asia is under the influence of the northwestern Pacific subtropical high (PASH). The Pacific–Japan (PJ) teleconnection pattern, a meridional dipole of sea level pressure variability, affects the northwestern PASH. The forecast models generally capture the association of the PJ pattern with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The Silk Road pattern, a wave train along the summer Asian jet, is another dominant teleconnection that influences the northwestern PASH and East Asia. In contrast to the PJ pattern, observational analysis reveals a lack of correlations between the Silk Road pattern and ENSO. Coupled models cannot predict the temporal phase of the Silk Road pattern, despite their ability to reproduce its spatial structure as the leading mode of atmospheric internal variability. Thus, the pattern is rather unpredictable at monthly to seasonal lead, limiting the seasonal predictability for summer in East Asia. The anomalous summer of 2010 in East Asia is a case in point, illustrating the interference by the Silk Road pattern. Canonical anomalies associated with a decayed El Niño and developing La Niña would have the PJ pattern bring a cold summer to East Asia in 2010. In reality, the Silk Road pattern overwhelmed this tendency, bringing a record-breaking hot summer instead. A dynamical model experiment indicates that European blocking was instrumental in triggering the Silk Road pattern in the 2010 summer.

scholarly journals Building Bridges on the Silk Road: A Strategy for Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
A. Greiman
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Official Document ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Ancient Silk Road ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Silk Road

In March 2015, the Chinese government published an official document entitled “Vision and Actions on Jointly Building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road,” commonly known by the Chinese as “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR, 2015). The purpose of this massive initiative is to instill vigor and vitality into the ancient Silk Road, connecting Asian, European and African countries and their adjacent seas, more closely and to promote mutually beneficial cooperation to a new high and in new forms. Despite the establishment of the initiative, there has been very little scholarly discussion on the role of foreign direct investment in the important countries on the Silk Road and the impact of these investments on the people of these less-developed regions of the world. Vietnam is a critical partner in this initiative because it shares both maritime and land frontiers with China. Vietnam also serves as China’s largest trading partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with two-way trade approaching $75 billion in 2016. China has always expressed a preference for bilateral negotiations in the contested waters of the Maritime Silk Road, despite efforts by ASEAN and other regional organizations to develop more multilateral approaches. Through empirical research, this paper analyzes the challenges and opportunities for China in advancing Silk Road initiatives bilaterally with Vietnam as one of its most important strategic partners. The paper also sets forth Vietnam’s strengths and challenges in integrating its own Five-Year Development Plan into strategic partnerships, regional trade agreements and bilateral arrangements on the Belt and Silk Road including how the country can improve its strategy for foreign direct investment. Through integrating the development strategies of Vietnam, the overall plans for expansion of the Belt and Maritime Silk Roads may become a reality, and serve as a model to facilitate trade and investment throughout the region.

Reviving the Ancient Silk Road: China's New Diplomatic Initiative

2014 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 5-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
John WONG ◽  
Liang Fook LYE
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Xi Jinping ◽  
Major Powers ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Silk Road Economic Belt ◽  
Ancient Silk Road ◽  
The Silk Road

Chinese President Xi Jinping has pursued a proactive foreign policy to strengthen ties with its neighbours. In particular, Xi has proposed two major initiatives, i.e. the Silk Road Economic Belt (an overland route) and the Maritime Silk Road of the 21st Century (a maritime route), that leverage on China's economic strengths. Nevertheless, China will have to contend with the interests of other major powers as well as its own lack of soft power in its implementation.

Strategi Indonesia dalam Mewujudkan Poros Maritim Dunia di Tengah Kebijakan Jalur Sutra Maritim China

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zulham ◽  
Hendra Maujana Saragih
Keyword(s):  
National Development ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Maritime Strategy ◽  
Sea Area ◽  
The Silk Road ◽  
Maritime Territory

<p><em>Global Maritime Fulcrume </em><em>Policy initiated by President Joko Widodo became one of the main focuses of national development during the Jokowi - JK presidency. The vision of the </em><em>Global Maritime Fulcrume</em><em> is triggered in the direction of Indonesia's national development based on marine activities. The enforcement of the sovereignty of the maritime territory of NKRI, the revitalization of the maritime economic sectors, the strengthening and development of maritime connectivity, the rehabilitation of environmental degradation and the conservation of biodiversity, as well as the enhancement of the quality and quantity of marine human resources are the main programs in the administration of President Jokowi to realize Indonesia as the </em><em>global maritime fulcrum</em><em>. Before the policy of the Global Maritime Fulcrume was initiated, in 2013 the Chinese Government under Xi Jinping will re-establish the concept of "The Silk Road" in its foreign policy agenda. Maritime Silk Road which is promoted to become China's new slogan in various international forums become one of the factors that can be utilized for Indonesia or also become one of the obstacle factor to towards the vision of maritime axis of the world considering China is a country that has made unilateral claim of South China Sea area which will surely stand against the stability of the maritime territory of Indonesia. Of course this makes Indonesia take special care in its maritime strategy.</em><em></em></p><p><em><br /> Keywords: </em><em>Global Maritim Fulcrum</em><em>, Maritime Silk Road, Maritime Strategy</em></p>

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