Title
Three questions on China's “Belt and Road Initiative”
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
China Economic Review
Publication Date
9-2016
Volume
40
First Page
309
Last Page
313
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Keywords
China, Belt and Road Initiative, Foreign investment and foreign trade, Infrastructure facilities, Regional economic cooperation
Abstract
Three broad questions about China's “Belt and Road Initiative” are raised. First, what are likely to be the real objectives behind the Initiative? Second, are investment and trade, considered the “major task” of the Initiative by China, to be driven by market-based transactions, or will they be a form of foreign aid that is not based on economic calculation of gains and losses? Third, which of the 60 or so countries in Asia, Europe and Africa along the Belt and Road will likely be the Initiative's priority targets of economic cooperation?
DOI
10.1016/j.chieco.2016.07.008
Print ISSN
1043951X
E-ISSN
18737781
Publisher Statement
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Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Cheng, L. K. (2016). Three questions on China's “Belt and Road Initiative”. China Economic Review, 40, 309-313. doi: 10.1016/j.chieco.2016.07.008
