China's Millennium Transformation: The Belt And Road Initiative

by Da-hsuan Feng

Overview

This is a book on the Belt and Road Initiative, written from an unusual perspective — it is written by someone who was born in India but raised in Singapore; who has never spent a day of schooling in the greater China (Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau) but has Chinese heritage; who eventually built a long and distinguished career in the West. With such an atypical background, he took an off-the-beaten-path approach by asking the fundamental question of how such an important initiative, began entirely by China, can deeply impact and transform the millennium mindset of Chinese.Such a transformation of the Chinese shall render a new definition of what a 'powerful nation' in the 21st century should be, for the betterment of humanity. This is unlike the one made by Western civilization for many centuries since the Renaissance days. Three main outcomes of the BRI have been embedded directly or indirectly throughout the book: Supercontinent, Neo-Renaissance and Cultural Communications. The author felt that these three outcomes are the possible mitigation for the world in the 21st century, facing existential challenges.Related Link(s)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811210914
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/01/2020
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

Table of Contents

About the Author vii

Acknowledgement ix

Foreword xi

Preface xv

Chapter 1 Introduction: Genesis of My BRI Fascination and Engagement 1

Chapter 2 Supercontinent: An Amalgamation of East and West 17

Chapter 3 Neo-Renaissance: Humanity's Possibility to "Think-Out-Of-The-Box" to Mitigate Existential Challenges 61

Chapter 4 Cultural Communication: An Ultimate Challenge of Chinese Culture 93

Chapter 5 Case Study 1 of "Cultural Communication": A Conversation With Lee Hong-Fah ($$$), the Modem-Day Zhang Qian ($$$) 157

Chapter 6 Case Study 2 of "Cultural Communication": Search of Jewish Heritage in China 177

Chapter 7 Case Study 3 of "Cultural Communication": "Small Nations" Like Canada Need to Understand Realpolitik, Especially Now! 193

Chapter 8 Case Study 4 of "Cultural Communication": "Constructing" a True Supercontinent 235

Chapter 9 Case Study 5 of "Cultural Communication": Reflection on the "Re-Visit" to Millennium Hanoi 267

Chapter 10 Imminent Challenges of the Belt and Road Initiative 287

Chapter 11 Epilogue 303

Appendix A Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): China's Mindset Millennium Transformation 309

Appendix B A Glimpse of Russian Scientific Prowess Through the Late Vitaly Ginzburg, the 2003 Nobel Laureate 313