China's One Belt One Road Initiative

China's One Belt One Road InitiativeAuthor(s): Tai Wei Lim, Wen Xin Lim, Henry Hing Lee Chan, Katherine Hui-yi Tseng\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Imperial College Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Imperial College Press\nISBN-13: 9781783269297, 978-1783269297\nSynopsis\nChinese President Xi Jinping launched the Silk Road Economic Belt component of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative at Kazakhstan in 2013. OBOR is a development strategy and framework that focuses on connectivity and cooperation among countries primarily in Eurasia. It consists of two main components, the land-based \""Silk Road Economic Belt\"" (SREB) and ocean-going \""Maritime Silk Road\"" (MSR). This book studies the equilibrium or balance between overland and maritime trade routes of [url] book has two major sections. The interpretive section examines contemporary media narratives related to the OBOR initiative and how contemporary commentators appropriate narratives about historical events related to the maritime .