China and South Asia: Changing Regional Dynamics, Development and Power Play

ISBN-13: 9780367428297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 278 str.

Rajiv Ranjan; Guo Changgang

Opis

This book looks at the changing dynamics and regional power play between China and South Asia. It presents critical, comprehensive and expert analyses of China’s engagement with South Asia by covering historical, sociological, political, cultural, economic and strategic factors while including perspectives from individual countries.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: China and South Asia in the 21^st Century  PART I: Politics and Strategy  2. CPEC and Changing Dynamics of China–India Relations  3. China’s Trishula Approach in South Asia: Challenges to Balancing the End Game  4. Coping with Rising China: Responses of the Small States of South Asia  5. Cooperation or Competition in China–India Relations: A Quantitative Analysis of Debate  6. Security Environment in South Asia: The Role of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation  Part II: Belt and Road Initiative  7. China’s 21^st-Century Maritime Silk Road and its Influence on the Development of South Asia: A Geopolitical Perspective  8. Belt and Road Initiative: Changing Dynamics of Development in South Asia  9. Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese Normative Power in South Asia  10. Bangladesh–China Maritime Security Cooperation: A Search for New Opportunities under the 'Belt and Road' Initiative  Part III: Ideology, Media and Culture  11. The Impact of Sino-Soviet Spilt on the Left Politics in Pakistan  12. Image of China in Afghan Media  13. Prospects of China–India Bilateral Cooperation in Cultural Industry in a New Stage of the 21st Century  14.  Development of Cultural Eco-tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan: Opportunities and Challenges in the Wake of CPEC  Part IV: Great Power Politics  15. Anticipating the China Challenge: China’s Rise and the United States’ Security Policy vis-à-vis India  16.  China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Indian Ocean Balance  17. Russia’s “Pivot to the East” and its Impact on Asia-Pacific Region and South Asia