Chapter 1 China and the W_0rld:A Roadmap and Time table for Globalization
Section 1 From the Silk Road to the Belt and Road Initiative
Section 2 The Belt and Road Initiative:An International Comparison Perspective
Chapter 2 Geopolitical and Geo-economic Theories
Section 1 The EurasianⅥ,0dd Island Theory Proposed by British Geographer Mackinder
Section 2 The Rimland Theory Proposed by Dutch Strategist Spykman
Section 3 The Theory Proposed by Contemporary AlTlerican StrategistBrzezinski
Chapter 3 Pioneers on the Silk Road
Section 1 Stories of Zhang Qian
Section 2 GanYing's Mission to Daqhl
Section 3 Stories of Marco Polo
Section 4 Zheng He's Voyages to the Western Ocean
Section 5 British Ambassador Macarmey's Visit to China
Section 6 Summary
Chapter 4 The Beginning of the Age of Exploration:Trade Structure forNearlyTwo Hundred Years during the Qing Dynasty
Section 1 TradeOverview
Section 2 The Impacts of Foreign Trade
Section 3 Important Historical Roles
Section 4 World Powers after the Age of Exploration
Section 5 he First Wax for Trade Balance—the First Opium War
Chapter 5 Holistic Thinking about the Belt and Road Initiative
Section 1 Trade System
Section 2 The Monetary System and Financial Institutions
Section 3 Categories of Trade Goods
Section 4 Official Attitudes and Pubfic Acceptance
Section 5 FreeTrade Ports
Section 6 Historical Reasons for the Increase in China's ODI in Recent Years
Section 7 Comparison between China and Other Countries
Chapter 6 Specific Deliberation about the Belt and Road Initiative:The Land Sm Road
Section 1 Constraints on the Development of the Land Silk Road
Section 2 Institutional Differences
Section 3 Cultural Differences
Section 4 Revival of Eurasia
Chapter 7 Specific Deliberation about the Bek and Road Initiative:The Maritime SillRoad
Section 1 Material and Technical Foundation
Section 2 Institutional Preparations
Section4 RMB OffshoreMarkets
Section 3 Cultural Preparation
Section 4 Singapore's Experience
Chapter 8 The Bek and Road Initiative Leaaing to a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind
Section 1 Significance of Building a Community a Shared Future for Mankind
Section 2 The Belt and Road Inifiafive as a Focal Point of Efforts to Build a Community witll a Shared Future for Mankind
Section 3 PromotingTrade and InvestmentLiberalization from the Perspective of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind
Postscript
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