Silk Road to Belt Road

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xlvi

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2. Conceptualizing Belt and Road Initiative

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Silk Road to Belt Road: Meeting the Culture

      • Md. Nazrul Islam

      Pages 3-22

3. History and Civilization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. The Rise of China’s Past in the “Belt and Road Initiative” (from Historical Perspectives)

      • Dinh Trinh Van

      Pages 25-38

   3. Imagining China in the New Silk Road: The Elephant and the World Jungle

      • Siu-Han Chan

      Pages 39-60

   4. The Silk Road in the West: Lebanon’s Industrial History and Current Prospects for Partnership with China

      • Mark Perry

      Pages 61-71

4. Religion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Religion in China’s Public Diplomacy Towards the Belt and Road Countries in Asia

      • Chow-Bing Ngeow

      Pages 75-93

   3. Eurasian Connection via the Silk Road: The Spread of Islam

      • A. Reza Hoshmand

      Pages 95-104

   4. From Serindia to Japan: A Sketch of the Buddhist Library of Ximing Monastery in the Eighth-Century Chang’an

      • Xiang Wang

      Pages 105-117

5. Socio-cultural Dynamics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. China’s Soft Power: Culturalisation Along the Belt Road Corridors

      • Khun Eng Kuah

      Pages 121-145

   3. Conflict Management Under International and Cross-Cultural Contexts: Opportunities in the Belt and Road

      • Charles T. L. Leung

      Pages 147-158

   4. Cultural Contestations and Social Integration: What Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Can Learn from the Experiences of Malaysia and Singapore?

      • H. C. J. Wong, S. L. Fung

      Pages 159-174

   5. Foreign Language Learning Beyond English: The Opportunities of One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Initiative

      • Luis Miguel Dos Santos

      Pages 175-189

6. Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Ensuring Social and Environmental Sustainability of the Belt and Road Initiative in Cambodia Based on Experiences from China

      • Pheakkdey Nguon, Yuvaktep Vann

      Pages 193-214

   3. Navigating a Green BRI in Sri Lanka

      • Divya Hundlani

      Pages 215-233

   4. Comparison of Building Environment Assessment Systems Across the Belt and Road Countries: How Do Green Buildings Contribute to Achieving Ecological Civilization and Sustainable Development Goals?

      • Siu-tai Tsim, Sherry Yue Su, Bonny Bun-ho Yuen, Mandy Liyan Xie

      Pages 235-258

This volume approaches China’s Belt and Road Initiative as a process of culturalization, one that started with the Silk Road and continued over the millennium. In mainstream literature, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been portrayed as the geo-economic vision and geo-political ambition of China’s current leaders, intended to shape the future of the world. However, this volume argues that although geo-politics and geo-economy may play their part, the BRI more importantly creates a venue for the meeting of cultures by promoting people-to-people interaction and exchange. This volume explores the journey from the Silk-Road to Belt-Road by analyzing topics ranging from history to religion, from language to culture, and from environment to health. As such, scholars, academics, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business will find an alternative approach to the Belt and Road Initiative.

• Belt-Road Initiative (BRI)
• Mutual Connectivity of the World
• Spread of Islam
• Social Interaction along One Belt One Road
• Imagining China in the New Silk Road
• Buddhist Library of Ximing Monastery
• Religion in China’s Public Diplomacy
• China's Soft Power
• Eurasian Integration
• Conflict Management under Cross-cultural Contexts

• United International College, Zhuhai, China

  Md. Nazrul Islam

Md. Nazrul Islam is an Associate Professor at the General Education Office, United International College, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University. He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Hong Kong; his MSc in Community Health and Health Management from Heidelberg University; and his Bachelor in Anthropology (First Class Honors) from Jahangirnagar University. He was a Visiting Associate Professor at the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Canada (2015-16); a Visiting Scholar at the Center of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong (2008); Attached to University of Calcutta, India (2004-2005); a Visiting Research Associate at the Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines (2003); German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellow, Germany (2002-03); and The United Nations University Fellow, Japan (2001). He is the author of the book Chinese and Indian Medicine Today-Branding Asia by Springer Nature (2017) and editor of Public Health Challenges in Contemporary China: An Interdisciplinary Perspective by Springer (2016). 

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