A Legal Anal ysis of the Belt and Road Initiative: Towar ds a New Silk Road?

Abstract: in 2013, President Xi put forward the strategic ideas of "Silk Road Economic Belt" and "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" during his visit to central Asia and South Asia, which gained extensive attention from the international community. To promote the implementation of the "The Belt and Road" initiative, it is necessary to not only build good infrastructure to promote economic and trade exchanges between countries, but also create a good public opinion environment to enhance exchanges and mutual trust between countries. New media, as one of the main channels of information communication in the current era, plays an important role in spreading the culture of "The Belt and Road" initiative and promoting economic cooperation among countries with its characteristics of flexibility, interactivity and high efficiency. Exploring the role of new media in promoting the political, cultural and economic aspects of the "The Belt and Road" initiative will be of great significance to mastering the power of discourse of the Silk Road and strengthening the exchanges and cooperation among countries along the route.

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Logistics Challenges Along the New Silk Roads

10.1007/978-3-030-88662-2_14 ◽

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.

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The Role of the Broad-Gauge Metallurgy Line PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa Sp. z o.o. and the Belt and Road Initiative: Transportation in the Development of the Lublin Province

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska sectio H Oeconomia ◽

10.17951/h.2020.54.2.7-19 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 54 (2) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Mirosław Antonowicz ◽

Zbigniew Tracichleb

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Silk Road ◽

Border Crossings ◽

Belt And Road Initiative ◽

Belt And Road ◽

The Belt And Road ◽

The Silk Road

<p>The article presents the railway entity PKP LHS Sp. z o.o. and its role in the development of the New Silk Road. In consequence, the increase in traffic on the Silk Road with the participation of Polish companies translates into the economic development of the Lublin Province and the development of border crossings in that province. The importance of transport corridors and the participation of PKP LHS in the development of those corridors have been highlighted. Investment assumptions have been presented, the effects of which will be visible in a few years, strengthening the potential and economic capabilities of the province.</p>

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Toward a Health Silk Road

China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies ◽

10.1142/s2377740020500013 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 06 (01) ◽

pp. 19-35

Author(s):

Jiahan Cao

Keyword(s):

International Organizations ◽

World Market ◽

Silk Road ◽

Belt And Road Initiative ◽

Health Diplomacy ◽

Public Health Emergencies ◽

Belt And Road ◽

Developed World ◽

The Belt And Road ◽

Health Cooperation

Originally designed as a component of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) under the pillar of people-to-people bonds, the Health Silk Road (HSR) has aroused intense interest and scrutiny amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Rather than a new geopolitical strategy within the BRI framework, the HSR is an emerging diplomatic initiative for promoting health cooperation in a world increasingly threatened by proliferating public health emergencies. China’s medical aid in the developing world before the HSR’s inception and broader health diplomacy since the onset of the coronavirus crisis have been misinterpreted in much of the developed world and some Asian neighbors. Although the HSR will be a bumpy road in a post-coronavirus era of growing geopolitical rivalry and fractured world market, the health cooperation initiative can still be built into a transregional health network to the benefit of nations concerned. To achieve this end, Beijing should take a two-pronged approach: building up a stronger and more resilient domestic health system and upgrading its multilayered partnerships with BRI participant nations and international organizations.

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Prospects for Science and Technology Cooperation between the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Portugal under the Belt and Road Initiative

Proceedings of Business and Economic Studies ◽

10.26689/pbes.v3i6.1716 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Jiaming Liang

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Technological Development ◽

Silk Road ◽

Belt And Road Initiative ◽

Bay Area ◽

Maritime Silk Road ◽

Technological Cooperation ◽

Belt And Road ◽

The Belt And Road ◽

The Eu

President Xi, focusing on building a new pattern of all-round opening up to the outside world and promoting the common prosperity and progress of all countries, put forward a major proposal for the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the maritime Silk Road in twenty-first Century. The bay area economy, as an important coastal economic form, is the highlight of the current international economic map, and is a significant symbol of the world's first-class coastal city. The international first-class bay areas, such as New York Bay area, San Francisco Bay area and Tokyo Bay area, are characterized by openness, innovation, livability and internationalization. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has four world-class cities, name Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao, and the Pearl River Delta city cluster. It has an open economic structure, efficient resource allocation ability, strong agglomeration and spillover function and development international communication network plays a core function of leading innovation and gathering radiation. It is an important growth pole for promoting the economic development of the maritime Silk Road and a leader in technological change. With the help of Portugal's geographical position on the maritime Silk Road and market access advantages within the EU system, the Greater Bay Area should further deepen scientific and technological cooperation, improve the ability of scientific and technological innovation of both sides, let the scientific research subjects of the bay area help Portugal's scientific and technological development, and enhance Portugal's scientific and technological position in the EU. From the perspective of the Belt and Road Initiative, combined with the basic situation and cooperation of China, especially Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, and the development of science and technology in Portugal, this article explores the technological fields, policy measures that are suitable for scientific and technological cooperation between the two sides, and puts forward corresponding suggestions to contribute to the technological development of China, Portugal and the global economic and social sustainable development.

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Introduction: Research agendas raised by the Belt and Road Initiative

Environment and Planning C Politics and Space ◽

10.1177/2399654420911410 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 38 (5) ◽

pp. 795-802

Author(s):

James D Sidaway ◽

Simon C Rowedder ◽

Chih Yuan Woon ◽

Weiqiang Lin ◽

Vatthana Pholsena

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Silk Road ◽

Belt And Road Initiative ◽

Belt And Road ◽

Conditions Of Possibility ◽

Research Agendas ◽

The Belt And Road ◽

The Silk Road

We introduce this symposium on the politics and spaces of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, locating the papers as concept explorations resting on case studies that contextualize and historicize Belt and Road Initiative. In the case of the first paper that follows, this includes an exploration of the historiography of one of Belt and Road Initiative’s conditions of possibility, the Silk Road idea. We chart a burgeoning field of debate about Belt and Road Initiative, most often operating at broad levels of geopolitical abstraction. The papers here encourage further investigations of Belt and Road Initiative’s dynamics. Such work holds promise for wider theorizing of the interfaces between culture, economy, place, space, politics and infrastructure. Our closing remarks sketch key research agendas in these domains in the light of Belt and Road Initiative.

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Dispute Settlement in the Belt and Road Initiative: Lessons from the Singapore Experience

The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law ◽

10.1093/cjcl/cxaa013 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 30-39

Author(s):

Justice Steven Chong

Keyword(s):

Dispute Resolution ◽

Dispute Settlement ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Silk Road ◽

Belt And Road Initiative ◽

Business Law ◽

Maritime Silk Road ◽

Belt And Road ◽

The Belt And Road

Abstract Historically, Singapore has played an important role in the growth and success of the old maritime Silk Road. Today, Singapore remains an important stop on the Belt and Road, though its advantages now also lie in its position as a trusted, neutral forum for the efficient resolution of disputes as well as a platform for the sharing of ideas for the development of a legal framework for dispute resolution in the Belt and Road Initiative. Three initiatives have been taken by Singapore to strengthen its new position, including the Asian Business Law Institute, the Singapore International Commercial Court, and the Singapore–China Annual Legal and Judicial Roundtable.

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THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHINESE RAILWAY EXPRESS TRAINS

ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ◽

10.17721/apmv.2020.145.1.81-87 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 81-87

Author(s):

Thomas Chan Man Hung

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

Silk Road ◽

Great Powers ◽

Chinese Government ◽

Belt And Road Initiative ◽

Colonial Expansion ◽

The Us ◽

Belt And Road ◽

The Cold War ◽

The Belt And Road

Introduction. Belt and Road Initiative of China is not something novel. It is the present-day continuation of the millennium-old Eurasian Silk Road that had been disrupted by the colonial expansion of the European powers. After the Cold War even the US and EU have attempted to restore the old Silk Road but with limited success. It was only in 2013 when the Chinese Government announced the Initiative that the world, not just the great powers, has begun once again to speak and think of the revival of the old Silk Road with enthusiasm.

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