RT info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
T1 How the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promotes the development of China and countries along the Belt and Road through infrastructure and technological innovation
A1 Yang, Jinzi
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Comercio y Relaciones Laborales
K1 The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
K1 Trap Theory
K1 International Power Theory
K1 Sharp Power
K1 Dunhuang Culture
K1 Confucius Institutes
K1 5307.03 Modelos y Teorías del desarrollo Económico
K1 5901 Relaciones Internacionales
AB The Belt and Road Initiative is China's core strategy for promoting globaldevelopment, which has a multidimensional impact on countries along the route throughinfrastructure construction and cultural dissemination. Focusing on both the ‘hard power’and ‘soft power’ dimensions of the initiative, this study examines the dominant Westernnarratives through real-life examples, including the much-discussed ‘debt trap theory’ andallegations of ‘sharp power’. The central research questions are: How can infrastructuredevelopment substantially drive economic growth in developing countries? How cancultural communication break through the label of ‘sharp power’to achieve a depoliticized,populist and empathetic output?This research employs qualitative case analysis to systematically examine fourrepresentative cases: the Hambantota Port project in Sri Lanka, the policy comparisonbetween China and the U.S., the digital dissemination of Dunhuang culture, andcontroversies surrounding Confucius Institutes. Through triangulation of multi-source data, it strives to present a critically balanced perspective.
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82016
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82016
LA spa
NO Departamento de Derecho Civil
DS UVaDOC
RD 22-ene-2026