China and the Belt and Road Initiative

This book offers critical insights into the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from an EU perspective. It analyzes the political, cultural, and diplomatic effectiveness of Xi's efforts to expand socio-cultural ties and build new trade corridors between Europe and the Far East, and sheds light on the lasting success and influence of China-led economic programs. The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides an overview of the various dimensions of the BRI initiative, including the challenges and opportunities of the EU-China trade relationship, China's geopolitical interests, and foreign policy approaches. The second part analyzes BRI cooperation from the perspective of the business sector, while the third part presents case studies that examine the impacts and responses of various European countries to the BRI.

Young-Chan Kim is Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Business and Economics at the University of Greenwich, London, UK. Since 2010, he has focused intensively on China and global business, publishing extensively on Chinese strategic policy. He is currently Chief Editor of the Made in China 2025 project, a series of books aimed at giving up-and-coming academics a platform to voice their contemporary research on Chinese Regional Studies.