China's 'One-Belt One-Road' and Geopolitics in Eurasia: Cooperation in Energy and Infrastructures

November 9, 

9:00–10:30 

Domestic & International Background of BRI 

Chair: Prof. Xiao Li, Dean of School of Economics, Jilin University

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WHAT ARE CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD? 

Richard Thomas Griffiths (Leiden University) 

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, CONFLICTS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ALONG THE ‘BELT’ AND ‘ROAD’: AN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE PERSPECTIVE 

Xiaohai Wang (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies) 

BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF SHARED DESTINY: THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE IN THE POLITICAL SPEECHES OF XI JINPING 

Beatrice Gallelli (Ca’Foscari University of Venice) 

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BRI and Financial Integration 

Chair: Prof. Paolo Davide Farah, West Virginia University (USA) & gLAWcal (UK)

‘THE BELT AND ROAD’ STRATEGY AND THE UPGRADING OF CHINA’S OPENING UP STRATEGY 

Liping Liu (Nanjing Normal University) 

‘CROSSING THE RIVER BY FEELING THE GOLD’: THE ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK AND THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE 

Giuseppe Gabusi (University of Torino) 

COMMODITY STRUCTURE OF TRADE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE BELT AND ROAD COUNTRIES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION 

Yibing Ding (Jilin University, Changchun) Shen Qianwen (Jilin University, Changchun) 

GEOSTRATEGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE 

Irina Gabriela Radulescu (Patroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti) Costin Lianu (Spiru Haret University, Bucharest) Iulia Monica Oehler-Şincai (Institute for World Economy, Romania)

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11:00–12:30 

BRI and Trade 

Chair: Prof. Fan Zhang, National School of Development, Peking University

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RESEARCH ON ‘THE BELT AND ROAD’ UNDER ‘NEW COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE’ 

Fuxin Jiang (Nanjing Normal University) 

THE ‘BELT AND ROAD’ INITIATIVE AND THE SINO-EUROPE TRADE 

Kar-yiu Wong (University of Washington, Seattle) 

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND EXPORTS IN CHINA: A TREATMENT EFFECT ANALYSIS 

Antonia Reinecke (FernUniversität Hagen) Hans-Jörg Schmerer (FernUniversität Hagen) 

TRADE COST AND ITS IMPACT ON AGRI-FOOD TRADE AMONG CHINA, EU AND ASEAN 

Shamim Shakur (Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ) Ling Fang (Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ)

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BRI and Central & South-East Asia 

Chair: Prof. Yuan Li, IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen 

LESSONS FROM CHINA’S OUTWARD INVESTMENTS IN MYANMAR FOR THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE 

Luxin Liu (University of Heidelberg) 

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES: AN EXAMINATION OF CHINA’S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SRI-LANKAN PORTS UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ‘21ST-CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD’ INITIATIVE 

Shao Biao Wen (Fudan University, Shanghai) 

THE ‘BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE’ IN THE DISCOURSES OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN STATES: POLITICAL RHETORIC OF GROWTH AND ACADEMIC PROGNOSTICATION 

Maria Danilovich (Belarusian State University, Minsk) 

THE IDEA OF ‘BIG EURASIAN PARTNERSHIP’ AND THE PROSPECTS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE EU, THE EAEU AND THE ‘BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE’ 

Anatoly Tsvyk (RUDN University, Moscow) 

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BRI and Infrastructre 

Chair: Prof. Kar-yiu Wong, University of Washington 

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A STUDY ON THE LONG-TERM RETURN OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON OBOR PROJECT 

Tianze Zhang (University College London) 

DIVERSITY VERSUS CONSISTENCY: LEARNING FROM THE SUN AND CLIMATE IN ARCHITECTURE OF SILK ROAD COUNTRIES Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad (Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran) Saba Jalilzadeh (Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran) 

16+1: CHINA AND CEEC 

Xavier Richet (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3) 

CHINA’S ‘ONE-BELT ONE-ROAD’ AND GEOPOLITICS IN EURASIA: COOPERATION IN ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURES 

Paolo Davide Farah (West Virginia University)

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