The Challenge of Different Perceptions on the Belt and Road Initiative

Junchi Ma ()

Croatian International Relations Review, 2017, vol. 23, issue 78, 149-168

Abstract: This article1 focuses on the perceptions of the Chinese and its partners on the Belt and Road Initiative. The author summarizes the existing foreign opinions about the initiative, one “inequality” of the market, three goals that China wants to achieve and two ways in which China wants to create domestic stability. In fact, the difference between foreign and Chinese perceptions is based on the relative national condition of the two sides, the perception of great powers, and the combination of domestic needs and foreign policy. Finally, the author points out that there are three paradoxes which exist in the differences between China and its partners, which is the biggest challenge of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Keywords: Belt and Road Initiative; China; Europe; perception; paradox (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2017-0011

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