Before China's Belt and Road: Central Asian Connectivity through Time - Paperback

by Rachel Kay (Author), Yingfeng Ji (Author)

This book challenges dominant assumptions about the BRI by placing it in the context of the historical economic relationship and trading networks between China and its neighbours.

Author Biography

Rachel Kay is a researcher in Lord Robert Skidelsky's parliamentary office. She holds an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge. During her MPhil she researched the trade of bazaar goods between China and the Central Asian states, focussing on the transnational relationships created by bazaar trade.
Yingfeng Ji is a PhD student in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge. She is researching the content and challenges of China's Belt and Road Initiative based upon empirical evidence from BRI power projects in Central Asia.