New Nationalisms and China's Belt and Road Initiative : Exploring the Transnational Public Domain

"This book is a treatise on cultural globalization and the global political economy. By introducing the transnational public domain in the study of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the book goes beyond existing theoretical frameworks involving both the ‘clash between civilizations’ and the ‘time-worn division’ of the world into North and South. It advances a new focus on the theoretical and empirical elements that canvass global cultural behaviours and reactionary attitudes to the expanding Chinese economic norms, cultures and values in different national contexts. Readers of political theory, global political economy, globalization, international relations, political sociology, cultural sociology, public policy and foreign policy analysis will find interest in the book. Whereas new nationalism couples with globalism, both concepts are rediscovered through various socio-economic contexts of BRI policy discourses, which produce conflicts, solidarities, new economic partnerships, and cooperation and resistance as types of contemporary nationalism. The new nationalism is approached as a dual-sided, relational, and dialectical phenomenon which readers will capture by paying particular attention to both the global and local scales of the social responses to the BRI."-- Provided by publisher Acknowledgements Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction The Transnational Public Domain: What Does It Mean? Where Does It Lead Us? New Nationalism and Globalism: Reconciling Dialectics The Scope of the Book References Chapter 2: The BRI in a Multipolar World: A Normative Tool for Cooperation or Nationalism? Introduction Flexible Selectivity of the BRI Participant States and Its Strengths The BRI Project as a Hindrance of Normative Transfer Conclusion References Chapter 3: Margins of Autonomy in the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative: Negotiating Growth in Rural Angola Introduction The Context of China’s Role in Angola-Global Influences Wax and Wane Building Preferred Partnerships Angolan Mode of Business Meets China’s BRI The BRI’s Transformations of Angola’s Rural Economy-Mechanization Irrigation Agro-Industrial Farms Conclusion References Chapter 4: China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Three Diverse African Countries: A Comparative Approach Introduction The DRC: Natural Resources Kenya: Building Infrastructure Djibouti: Strategic Waterways and Extended Military Footprint Conclusion References Chapter 5: A Challenging Nation-State in the Middle East in Transition Introduction Geopolitics of the “Arab Spring” The Regional Flow of “Arab Spring” The Global Flow of “Arab Spring” Challenging Nation-States in the Middle East: Formation of Geopolitical Sub-regions Conclusion References Chapter 6: “New Silk Roads” in the Service of a “Great Power”? The Influence of Xi Jinping’s Operational Code in the Strategic Orientations of the People’s Republic of China Introduction The NSR Project Strategic Framework Operational Code and Methodology Is There an Official Chinese Operational Code? Xi Jinping’s Worldview: An Incomplete Operational Code Xi Jinping’s Full Operational Code: A “Nationalist-Revanchist” with a Strong Personality The NSR Project as an Instrumental Belief of Xi Conclusion References Works Articles Media Chinese Official Sources Chapter 7: China in Central Europe: The End of the Dream Introduction Chinese Penetration into Central Europe Czechia Hungary Poland Slovakia Results: Falsification of (Some) Assumptions About the Chinese Presence in Central Europe Conclusion References Media Chapter 8: In Rethinking the Belt and Road Initiative. An (Ir)replaceable Polish Factor Introduction China and a “New” Globalization CEEC Versus the BRI Poland’s Competitiveness in the Baltic Sea Małaszewicze on the New Silk Road Conclusions References Chapter 9: Consolidating Lao-ness: China in Laos in the Age of the BRI Introduction Constructing National Identity in Revolutionary Laos Fast Track Development Encountering China in Laos China and Entrenching a Sense of Lao-ness Conclusion References Chapter 10: India’s Response to the Belt and Road Initiative Introduction Partner or Rival? South Asia Sinicized by a Pearl Necklace Indian Responses Conclusion References Chapter 11: Cyber-Nationalism in China: Popular Discourse on China’s Belt Road Introduction Global Background and Implementation of the BRI Nationalism and Cyber-Nationalism in China Methodology “Greatness” China and “Evil” Western Conclusion References Chapter 12: The Integration of Cities as the Nodes of Chinese Cultural Belt Road Worlds: The Case of Jingdezhen City Introduction The Belt and Road Initiative in Chinese City Diplomacy Jingdezhen, a Transnational Instrument for the Implementation of the Silk and Belt Road Initiative Conclusion References Chapter 13: The Belt and Silk Road: Do These Ties Bind China and South Africa? Introduction China-South Africa Relations Before the BSI The Silk Road Initiative and South Africa South Africa and the BRI Uptake Conclusion References Chapter 14: China’s Economic Diplomacy in the Context of the Far-Right Government’s Neoliberal Nationalism: The Case of Brazil’s Energy Sector Introduction The Framework of Economic Diplomacy and the Belt and Road Initiative Chinese Foreign Direct Investments in Brazil’s Energy Sector State Grid’s Investments in Brazil: The Study Cases of the Acquisition of CPFL and the Belo Monte Transmission Lines The Belo Monte Dam Bolsonaro’s Relationship with China Conclusions References Chapter 15: A Tale of Two Approaches: Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Belt and Road Initiative Introduction Papua New Guinea’s Approach Australia: Suspicion and Opposition Wariness Towards PNG-China Relations Conclusion References Chapter 16: China’s Agro-strategic Projection in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of the Installation of the Cameroon Agricultural Technology Application Center Introduction Transnational Context of the CATAC Project in Cameroon Sino-Cameroonian Needs in Terms of Agricultural Policies Transnational Arrangements for the Establishment of CATAC in Bifogo, Cameroon The Decisive Role of Chinese Expertise in the Emergence of Social Workers’ New Nationalism in Bifogo, Cameroon Implications for Chinese Power and Conclusion References Chapter 17: From Landlocked to Land-Linked: Kazakhstan as a Transport and Logistics Centre Within the Silk Road Economic Belt Introduction Integration of the Silk Road Economic Belt with “Nurly Zhol” Transport and Logistics of Kazakhstan Kazakh-Chinese Joint Projects Within the Silk Road Economic Belt Conclusion References Chapter 18: Engaging Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Techno-Nationalism in the Middle East Introduction Accessing Technology Through the BRI: China’s Strategy to Sustain Economic Growth Private Investments Under the Principle of “the Market Rules and the Government Guides” Chinese Entrepreneurs’ Techno-Nationalism and Investments in Israel Israeli Responses to China’s Search for Technology Conclusion References Chapter 19: Development Cooperation Through Maritime Silk Road: China’s Big Ambitions and Mixed Responses from Southeast Asia Introduction China’s Economic Statecraft and Development Diplomacy in Southeast Asia: Coupling Multilateralism and Bilateralism Varying Responses to BRI in Maritime Southeast Asia Indonesia: Hedging as a Dominant Strategy Malaysia: Domestic Politics and Reversals Philippines: Elite Preferences and Uncertainties Conclusion References Chapter 20: Conclusion Index This book is a treatise on cultural globalization and the global political economy. Readers of political theory, global political economy, globalization, international relations, political sociology, cultural sociology, public policy and foreign policy analysis will find interest in the book. This book is a treatise on cultural globalization and the global political economy. By introducing the transnational public domain in the study of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the book goes beyond existing theoretical frameworks involving both the `clash between civilizations' and the `time-worn division' of the world into North and South. It advances a new focus on the theoretical and empirical elements that canvass global cultural behaviours and reactionary attitudes to the expanding Chinese economic norms, cultures and values in different national contexts.Readers of political theory, global political economy, globalization, international relations, political sociology, cultural sociology, public policy and foreign policy analysis will find interest in the book. Whereas new nationalism couples with globalism, both concepts are rediscovered through various socio-economic contexts of BRI policy discourses, which produce conflicts, solidarities, new economic partnerships, and cooperation and resistance as types of contemporary nationalism. The new nationalism is approached as a dual-sided, relational, and dialectical phenomenon which readers will capture by paying particular attention to both the global and local scales of the social responses to the BRI