Taiwan Social Sciences Citation Index(TSSCI)

Prospect Quarterly Vol.21 No.2 (April 2020)

Source: 〈第二屆“一帶一路”國際合作高峰論壇舉行圓桌峰會 習近平主持會議並致辭〉，《新華社》，<http://www.mod.gov.cn/big5/leaders/2019-04/27/content_4840703.htm>。

The Progress and Influence of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (2013-2018)

      The Chinese government has promoted the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) for more than five years since it was formally announced in the end of 2013. During its first five years, the BRI has not only achieved much but has also aroused a lot of controversy. To settle the debates between those who think the BRI will bring positive impacts to participating states and those who think the opposite, this article analyzes the progress and evaluates the influence of the BRI’s first five years of implementation, including the amounts, items, disputes, and the political and economic influence of the BRI investments in the participating states. Empirical evidence demonstrates that although country-specific impacts do exist, generally speaking, the BRI does not significantly align foreign policy interests between China and the participating states, does not significantly hurt the freedom of the participating states, and that there is no significant risk of participating states falling into a debt trap.

Keywords：China, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Sino-US Relationship, Democracy in Retreat, Debt Trap

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The Evolution of China-Singapore Relations: An Ethnic Perspective

       Analysis of China-Singapore relations from an ethnic perspective has long been neglected by the existing literature. This study argues that China, influenced by Western racial concepts since the late Qing Dynasty, has made Singapore the projection of both the aspiration to become a “white people” and the desire to prove Chinese superiority. Such psychology has affected modern China-Singapore relations. However, Singapore’s status as higher-level Chinese and a mentor of Chinese development has declined in recent years as China has started to promote the “Chinese Dream” and “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” China has become dominant in promoting Chinese “superiority,” affecting changes to China-Singapore relations.

Keywords： Ethnicity, China-Singapore Relations, Learning from Singapore, Chinese Dream, the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation

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An Analysis of Cross-Strait Economic Intermediary Organization Exchange from Economic Statecraft: A Case Study of Cross-Strait CEO Summit

        With the rise of China, the adoption and effectiveness of economic statecraft, as well as the actors who specifically implement economic statecraft, have become the focus of academic attention. This paper argues that the economic statecraft of a country and “the structural factors and the political and economic conditions that exist between the actors” will affect the specific practice of economic statecraft. Through comparative analysis of the differences between actors in a cross-ttrait economic intermediary organization, this paper finds the actors involved in the activities of a non-governmental economic intermediary have an “asymmetric” relationship which affects the positioning of the economic and trade exchange platform, the operating mechanism and their results.

Keywords：Economic Statecraft, Actors, Cross-Strait CEO Summit, Cross-Strait Relations, China’s Taiwan Policy

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