China and the Islamic world : how the new Silk Road is transforming global politics / Robert R. Bianchi
- Author
- Bianchi, Robert, 1945-
- Published
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Access Online
- Oxford scholarship online: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 What Is New about the New Silk Road? -- ch. 2 Megaregions and Coevolution in World Politics -- ch. 3 Pakistan: Deep Democracy and Shallow Strategy -- ch. 4 Turkey: A Competing Partner -- ch. 5 Indonesia: Inherent Weakness and Increasing Leverage -- ch. 6 Iran: The Great Divider -- ch. 7 Nigeria: A Shaky Bridge -- ch. 8 Egypt: Weighing the Tolls -- ch. 9 Islam and the Opening of the Chinese Mind -- ch. 10 Learning Abroad, Evading at Home -- ch. 11 The Bitter and the Sweet.
- Summary
- China is building a New Silk Road that runs through the heartland of the Muslim world. Its leaders promise to bring about change through improved economies and greater communications across the Eurasian and African continents. While China has the financial and technical resources to accomplish its infrastructure goals, it is sorely unprepared to deal with the social and political demands of the people in the partner countries. This text addresses how China's leaders and citizens - in their relationships with Pakistan, Turkey, Indonesian, Iran, Nigeria, and Egypt - are learning that they have to respect and adjust to the aspirations of ordinary people throughout the Islamic world, not just cater to the narrow band of government and business elites.
- Subject(s)
- World politics—21st century
- Middle East—Foreign relations—China
- China—Foreign relations—Middle East
- Islamic countries—Foreign relations—China
- China—Foreign relations—Islamic countries
- Middle East—Foreign economic relations—China
- China—Foreign economic relations—Middle East
- Islamic countries—Foreign economic relations—China
- China—Foreign economic relations—Islamic countries
- ISBN
- 9780190915315 (ebook)
- Audience Notes
- Specialized.
- Note
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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