Date Thesis Awarded
4-2019
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
International Relations
Advisor
Brian Blouet
Committee Members
Tun-Jen Cheng
Calvin Hui
Abstract
China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR), proposed in 2013, is an ambitious initiative that aims at enhancing connectivity and integrating economies across countries. This thesis, by tracing its mechanism at three different geographical scales---global, national, and local, analyzes its multidimensional impact at each scale. It shows that at a global scale, OBOR is in the form of competing narratives over its global impact and nature; at a national scale, OBOR is represented as economic corridors, aiming at improving infrastructures, increasing multilateral trade, integrating financial systems, and strengthening cultural ties; and at a local scale, OBOR exerts an impact on multiple landscapes of land port, an important node of transition along economic corridors.
Recommended Citation
Hou, Yuxiang, "Impact of China's One Belt One Road Initiative at Different Geographical Scales" (2019). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 1280.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/1280
