This lecture approaches China’s Belt and Road Initiative as a process of culturalisation, one that started with the Silk Road and continued over the millennia. In mainstream literature, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been portrayed as the geo-economic vision and geo-political ambition of China’s leadership, intended to shape the future of the world. This volume argues that although geo-economy and geo-politics may play their part, the BRI more importantly creates a venue for the meeting of cultures by promoting people-to-people interaction and exchange.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

SUGGESTED READING

• Silk Road to Belt Road: Reinventing the Past and Shaping the Future, Springer: 2019. ISBN: 978-981-13-2998-2 (eBook) / ISBN 978-981-13-2997-5 (Hard Copy)

COURSE OUTLINE

• The journey of the Silk Road and rise of the philosophical foundation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
• Defining the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and academic narratives behind
• Methodology of the Belt and Road Initiative

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand the historical roots of the Silk Road and the Philosophical foundation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
2. Realise the academic narratives and methodology to work under the Belt and Road Initiative