One Belt One Road: Chinese Power Meets the World

Freymann Takes You Inside Chinese President Xi Jinping's Legacy Project-one Belt One Road-the Largest Global Infrastructure Development Program In History. The Book Argues That Obor Is Not A Centralized And Systematic Investment Policy But Rather A Largely Aspirational, Bottom-up Campaign To Export An Ancient Chinese Model Of Patronage And Tribute. Inside China, Obor Propaganda Depicts Xi Jinping Restoring The Nation's Lost Imperial Glory. Overseas, China Uses Massive Investments To Cultivate Important International Relationships-- What Is Obor? -- Origins : Obor's Many Fathers -- Emperor Xi : Making The Past Serve The Present -- The Emperor's New Brand : Promoting Obor At Home And Abroad -- Strategic Promiscuity : Sri Lanka Flirts With Obor -- The Skeptical Bulldozer : Tanzania Turns Away -- The Eagle's Nest : China Prevails In Greece -- Obor Shapes Four Regions -- Conclusion: How Should The West Respond? Eyck Freymann. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.