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ABOUT THE BOOK

China’s Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) is an ambitious infrastructure project conceived in 2013 by President Xi Jinping with development and investment initiatives stretching from Asia and Europe that reflect the original Silk Road with business networks through countries such as Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as India and Pakistan, spanning a route of more than 4,000 miles and history that can be dated back more than 2,200 years.

Given the background of China’s unique approach in fighting COVID-19, and against the backdrop of sluggish economic growth, innovation, and management, sustainable development of BRI will be the key and the driving force for the post-pandemic economic recovery of many countries, especially as BRI countries now account for nearly 30% of China’s foreign trade and 15% of outward direct investment.

The vision to create a vast network of railways, energy pipelines, highways, and streamlined border crossings to expand the international use of Chinese currency and improve connectivity to China is good foresight and proved fortuitous when the COVID-19 pandemic came to plague the world, and amid the conflicts between the United States and China as well as the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Since the inception of BRI, many books have been written to cover topics ranging from globalization to detailing how China’s business and politics are a major motivation for China’s overseas economic activities with case studies and practices, yet few of these books provide a structured approach to the sustainable management of BRI projects. This book is about how to manage the innovation, sustainability, and business necessary to make BRI work and how to handle the issues, problems, and crises that may arise in the process. Participants of BRI projects can take on many different roles, but ultimately, it is team effort and leadership that creates successful projects. Here, readers will find guidelines and insights to survive and prosper in a myriad of BRI opportunities and risks. Most important of all, this book provides a glimpse of different approaches for success in BRI projects, including sustainability, environmental issues, social and political aspects, technology, choice of industry, project management, education and training, governance, and many more.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Editor Bios

List of Contributors

1. Building Innovative Mechanisms for International Development: A Case of Triangular Cooperation of Belt and Road

Liguang Liu, Alimiremu Abudukeyimu, and Chao Luo

2. Sustainability Aspects

Shujahat Ali, Nabila Aftab, and Muhammad Fahim Khan

3. China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Its Impact on the European Union

Zuzana Kittová and Barbora Družbacká

4. A Case Study Comparing Two Different Environmental Education Approaches and Its Implications on Youth Education Policies

Lianne K. W. Lam

5. Applying Project Management Techniques in Service Learning Courses to Promote Sustainability Awareness

Lianne K. W. Lam, Jessica Poon, and Andrew W. H. Ip

6. Overcoming Future Challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative through Building Resilience: Regional Lessons from the Tourism and Retail Industry in Hong Kong

Aureliu Sindila, Ayden Nicholas Lam, and Lianne K. W. Lam

7. Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs beyond Singapore through the Belt and Road Initiative: Industry 4.0

Mok Hon Yong

8. Would China Become the Next Natural Wine Hub?

Wu Hei Ming Amy, Lianne K. W. Lam, and Chun Kwok

9. One Belt One Road: A Grand Strategy

Muhammad Fahim Khan, Nabila Aftab, Shujahat Ali, and Syed Shahab Uddin

10. Geo-Economic and Geo-Political Aspects of One Belt One Road (OBOR)

Muhammad Fahim Khan and Aamer Raza

Index