Ebook: China's Asian dream empire building alongthe new Silk Road

Front Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: "One Belt One Road"": Financing the New Silk Road ; Belt and Road Initiative; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; Asia's Infrastructure Arms Race; 2: Marching West: The Economics of Power in Central Asia; Xinjiang; Central Asia; Russia; 3: In the Heat of the Sun: Advancing Down the Mekong; Laos; Cambodia; 4: California Dreamin': How China "Lost" Myanmar; Gateway to the Bay of Bengal; 5: A String of Pearls: Fear and Loathing in the Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean; Pakistan;What does China's rise mean for the future of Asia, and of the world?