Overview
Analyses Chinese discourse on Indian attitudes towards the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI)
Argues that the Indian discourse is becoming one of the biggest hurdles to China creating its own narrative about its rise
Spans across the themes of the power struggle between China and US and China and India
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- The Belt and Road Initiative
- The Different Manifestations of BRI
- India and the Belt and Road Initiative
- India's rejection of the Belt and Road Initiative
- India & China relations
- Competing Discourses and the Fate of BRI
- Chinese Discourse analysis on Indian attitudes
- BRI’s impact on China’s Rise
- Indian Hurdle and the prospects of failure of the BRI
About this book
The first part of the book focuses on the Chinese thinking behind the launch of the BRI and addresses questions related to the purpose of this initiative and ways in which it will facilitate China’s rise as a superpower. Subsequently the book addresses how effective or ineffective India’s challenge is and how it is negatively affecting China’s BRI.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: China’s Achilles’ Heel
Book Subtitle: The Belt and Road Initiative and Its Indian Discontents
Authors: Srikanth Thaliyakkattil
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8425-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8424-0Published: 04 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8427-1Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8425-7Published: 24 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 257
Topics: Asian Economics, Asian Politics, International Relations