China, nearly half a century after economic transformation and development, is changing not just itself, but the world around it. The BRI (Belt and Road Initiative, a global infrastructure and economic development program initiated by the Chinese government) promises investments in countries along the ancient overland trading routes between China and the West, with maritime arcs around Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian peninsula, down the eastern coast of Africa and through the Mediterranean. In this book are selected many distinctive, wonderful shots taken in about 21 countries participating in the BRI, covering 50 regions and a distance of over 267,000 kilometres the author visited from early 2023 to late 2025 as photographer. Through words and pictures, he takes the reader on a tour along the new Belt and Road, showing it as it is actually unfolding in the real world across Asia, Central Asia, Latin America and the Middle East and Africa. This book serves as a good observation and thinking of the reality of China today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Preface: Reflections from the Road
\nForeword: The Power of Bearing Witness Zhu Ming
\nWestern China
\nXi’an (Shaanxi)
\nLanzhou, Dunhuang (Gansu)
\nYinchuan (Ningxia)
\nChongqing (Sichuan)
\nKashgar, Taxkorgan (Xinjiang)
\nSoutheast Asia
\nThailand Bangko
\nCambodia Phnom Penh, Siem Reap
\nIndonesia Jakarta, Bandung
\nSingapore Strait of Malacca
\nPakistan Gwadar
\nEssay: Illuminating China’s Global Role George Yeo
\nCentral Asia
\nKazakhstan Almaty, Astana, Aktau
\nUzbekistan Tashkent, Samarkand
\nWestern Asia
\nIran Qom, Tehran, Qazvin Province, Karaj
\nQatar Doha
\nSaudi Arabia Mecca
\nEurope
\nRussia St. Petersburg, Moscow
\nFrance Paris, Dijon, Bordeaux, Vannes
\nItaly Milan, Prato, Firenze
\nGreece Athens
\nEssay: Old Road New Paradigm Dr Joanna Lei Chien
\nAfrica
\nD.R.Congo Kolwezi, Lubumbashi, Kipushi
\nKenya Nairobi
\nGhana Tema
\nAlgeria Western Sahara Desert
\nSouth America
\nPeru Lima, Callao, Chancay port
\nBrazil Sao Paulo, Cravinhos , Goias Rio de Janeiro, Paulista City, Paracambi
\nEastern China
\nShanghai, Songjiang, Wenzhou
\nShenzhen, Beijing, Hong Kong
\nArchive: Old Silk Road and the Early Explorers
\nAcknowledgements
\nPhoto Credits
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