The maritime silk road is a major component of the belt and road development framework. The initiative consists of several infrastructure investment projects to improve the land and maritime transportation in the belt and road initiative region. On land, the initiative will focus on jointly building a new eurasian land bridge and developing. Yet a third road, namely the northern sea route nsr in the. It flourished between the 2nd century bc and 15th century ad. Apr 02, 2018 download the report china unveiled the concept for the twentyfirst century maritime silk road msr in 20 as a development strategy to boost infrastructure connectivity throughout southeast asia, oceania, the indian ocean, and east africa. Geographic coverage of the silk road economic belt and the 21st century maritime silk road source.
One of the two aspects of this policy regarding transport connectivity is the so called 21st. It also provides insights as to how companies can successfully. Silk road on the sea maritime silk route in order to distinguish it from the traditional silk road, this maritime trade route linking the east and west was given the name silk road on the sea by a japanese scholar in 1967. The silk road was a trading route which started from changan now xian, then gansu province, xinjiang, central asia, west asia and linked the mediterranean countries. It is essentially a marine trade route between china and south asia, west asia, europe and north africa, which dealt with transportation of silk.
The 21st century maritime silk road, executive summary. Chinas maritime silk road fuelling indian anxiety east. One of the passengers in this film is a young man who keeps a log of the voyage, named shazan ibn yusof. China, europe and the maritime silk road clingendael report, march 2015 maritime silk road. Both routes may serve to further unite chinese and russian economic and strategic interests. Pdf locating chinas maritime silk road in the context of the. But in the shape of the maritime silk road part of the strategy, the route exists. The ancient silk road has come into prominence recently. Iran is of particular significance to china because it borders both the caspian sea. Chinas leaders have mapped out an ambitious plan, the maritime silk road initiative msri, to establish three blue economic passages that will connect beijing with economic hubs around the world. Chinas new silk road much is being written about chinas new one belt, one road initiative, but much of the writing focuses on china itself, on the. Mar 26, 2017 in 20, the peoples republic of china prc announced its ambitious one belt, one road obor initiative. The focus of the workshop was the economics behind the chinese silk road economic belt sreb and its impact in central asia.
International expedition of the islamic culture along the coast of china 27 february 16 march. Apr 11, 2014 the maritime silk route emphasises on improving connectivity but more importantly, it aspires to improve chinas geostrategic position in the world. Maritime silk routes the story of the oldest trade routes. A paper for china as a maritime power conference july 28. The maritime silk route and chinas naval ambitions the diplomat all. Oil, gas and energy business under one belt one road. Chinas maritime silk road fuelling indian anxiety 4 march 2017. Oct 24, 2019 however, the maritime trade routes for silk are believed to have come into existence some time before the silk road. China, europe and the maritime silk road clingendael. Mar 03, 2016 the 21 st century maritime silk road is a revitalized phenomenon under the ancient concept that promotes globalization under the principles of peace, mutual economic benefits, and sustainable development in the maritime sphere.
The silk road primarily refers to the land routes connecting east asia and southeast asia with south asia, persia, the arabian peninsula, east africa and southern europe. For india, it is instructive that the sales pitch of shared economic gains does not conceal the msrs real purpose. The allimportant maritime component of this is the 21st century maritime silk route 21msr which also extends the connectivity to the african continent. In early 2018, ahead of visits to china, both emmanuel macron and theresa may declined to sign a memorandum of understanding on maritime silk road.
Repaving the ancient silk routes pwc growth markets centre realising opportunities along the belt and road june 2017 in this report 1 foreword 2 chapter 1. A comparative view of the ancient and 21st century. Pdf the maritime silk road and chinas belt and road initiative. The haijin policy was a ban on maritime activities imposed during the ming and qing dynasties.
A paper for china as a maritime power conference july 2829. The belt and road initiative, namely the silk road economic belt and 21stcentury maritime silk road, is chinas major move to expand and deepen the openingup policies to the outside world, arousing wide concern in the international community. One belt, one road the silk road economic belt and the 21st century maritime silk road was presented in autumn 20 and has become the central foreign policy project of chinese president xi jinping. The maritime silk road was a conduit for trade and cultural exchange between chinas southeastern coastal areas and foreign countries. China unveils maritime silk road plans chinas belt and road initiative includes a maze of roads like the china pakistan economic corridor, bangladesh, china, india, myanmar corridor, and the maritime silk road. Maritime silk road project latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times. Europe through the horn of africa via the indian ocean prompts indias attention from the point of. Chinas maritime silk road initiative and the protection.
Work on the museum started in late 2004 and the museum opened to the public on 24 december 2009. The maritime spread of islam in korea and its growth dr. Nov 28, 2018 chinas one belt one road initiative, which is both a land and maritime silk road seeking to connect east asia, central asia, the middle east, africa, and europe, is, for frankopan, the driving force of 21st century geopolitics. From the dawn of the historical epoch, the maritime trade network. The geopolitical relevance of piraeus and chinas new silk. We are a versatile company, continuously adapting to market and customers needs. Integral part of maritime archaeological research in ministry of marine in hope that underwater sites in indonesia also can be useful for the life of the local community.
The aim of this unesco expert meeting for the world heritage nomination process of the maritime silk routes, which will be held on 3031 may 2017 in london, is to bring together scholars who have worked on the history, archaeology, and heritage of maritime interactions across this vast area in order to discuss the strategy for further research. A flexible implementation process by alice ekman chinas new silk roads or one belt, one road obor, or belt and road2 launched by president xi jinping in autumn 20, is a top priority for beijing, and will likely remain so after the 19th party congress. As early as the tang ce 618907 dynasty, there was a maritime chinese trade route not generally considered a silk road trade route, however that originated at the mouth of the hong red river in presentday vietnam, near the presentday city of hanoi. The new silk road the washington institute for near east. Apr 02, 2018 chinas leaders have mapped out an ambitious plan, the maritime silk road initiative msri, to establish three blue economic passages that will connect beijing with economic hubs around the world. An empirical research on agricultural trade between china. While incoming president donald trump accused china of currency manipulation, among others, during the campaign, china is offering the necessary funding and engineering knowhow to build bridges of friendship in america as part of its global new silk road and maritime silk road.
Pdf on mar 30, 2019, aiping feng and others published the 21st century maritime silk road. The geopolitical relevance of piraeus and chinas new silk road for southeast europe and turkey clingendael report, december 2016 although its membership is broader. The maritime silk road fell into decline because of the haijin policy of the qing dynasty. The economics of the silk road economic belt o n 20 october 2015, rusi held a daylong workshop in almaty, kazakhstan, in collaboration with kimep university and the friedrich ebert stiftung fes.
Press release for immediate release exhibition of 21stcentury maritime silk road focused on development of the belt and road initiative hong kong, 30 november 2015 marintec china 2015 the largest and most authoritative maritime trade fair in asia will introduce a new exhibition area to its event, the 21 stcentury maritime silk road, which is hosted by the. April 03, 2020 the philippines coronavirus lockdown is becoming a crackdown april 03, 2020 where in the world are there no coronavirus cases. Beijings plan for a maritime infrastructure corridor in the broader indopacific region, first proposed by president xi jinpings during his trip to southeast asia in october 20, has attracted attention because of its potential to establish a chinese foothold in the indian ocean. Maritime silk road is designed to go from chinas coast to europe through the south china sea and the indian ocean in one route, and from chinas coast through the south china sea to the south pacific in the other. It begins with a narration of the historical background of msr, its. The purpose of this paper is to quantify using the terms of network theory the impact of these plans and to project the effects on the fleet, utilization, port throughput, and carbon footprint. The initiative has increasingly emerged as chinas major vehicle for international engagement, with important health dimensions. Maritime silk road and indonesias perspective of maritime. Possible strategic implications of the maritime silk road. The silk road economic belt and 21st century maritime silk road.
Belt and road initiative, also referred to as the new silk road, on the 71 countries potentially involved. Jinpings fall 20 announcement of the new one belt, one road. This article argues that the origins and theoretical underpinnings of xi jinpings belt and road initiative can actually be traced back to the mid1980s, that is, almost three decades before the official media unveiled the maritime silk road initiative msri. The 21 st century maritime silk road msr will begin from china, moving on to the south china sea and then southeast asia, the indian ocean, africa, and europe. As a result, the container terminal at piraeus has been growing very rapidly over the past five years. Jun 20, 2017 china unveils maritime silk road plans chinas belt and road initiative includes a maze of roads like the china pakistan economic corridor, bangladesh, china, india, myanmar corridor, and the maritime silk road.
The maritime spread of islam in korea and its growth. This paper discusses revival of the maritime silk road. Maritime security was not mentioned in the 2015 document. The latter, in turn, begins in quanzhou fujian and hits other southern chinese ports before heading to the malacca strait.
Pdf the plans for the maritime silk road affect the existing liner services. The silk road economic belt is a new economic development zone on the basis of the ancient silk. The silk road economic belt and the 21st century maritime. One belt, one road and the history of the maritime silk route.
The purpose of this paper is to quantify using the terms of network. From kuala lumpur, the maritime silk road heads to. Chinas maritime silk road an ambitious undertaking dr peter roell may 2016 abstract the author introduces his presentation by way of a comparison of the two g7 statements regarding the buildup of tensions in the east and south china sea. Incorporated in 2007, the roots of silk route shipping srs are back at the end of the 90s.
Since president xi jinpings announcement of the policies of a 21st century maritime silk road and silk road economic belt in late 20, otherwise known as belt and road. He goes on to give a brief outline of the historical maritime silk road and its 21st century. The name refers to the land and sea trading networks of the ancient and middle ages that have connected east, south and west asia with europe and north africa. The extensive maritime trade network between the harappan and mesopotamian civilizations as early as the 3rd millennium bce is a testimony to the long maritime trade history of india. These documents illustrate how china is learning and adapting as the road project. Maritime silk road project blogs, comments and archive news on. Chinas ratification will ensure the international protection of underwater cultural heritage on the maritime silk road. Therefore, china should ratify the unesco convention. Marco polo followed this route, reaching china overland via khotan and beginning his homeward journey with a ship on the maritime silk road from quanzhou to iran. China referred to both collectively as one belt, one road obor.
Maritime silk road or maritime silk route refer to the maritime section of historic silk road that connects china to southeast asia, indonesian archipelago, indian subcontinent, arabian peninsula, all the way to egypt and finally europe. Maritime treasures off the malay peninsula 001 keat gin, school of humanities, universiti sains malaysia. The geopolitics of chinas maritime silk road initiative. Dec 14, 2014 with its maritime silk route initiative, china is rapidly developing a presence in the bay of bengal. This though is only the most discussed aspect of what is in fact a global phenomenon that is by no means restricted just to the eurasian continent and adjacent waters.
Pdf assessing the impact of the maritime silk road researchgate. Blancharda and colin flintb aschool of advanced international studies, east china normal university, shanghai, china. Experts say maritime silk road will stimulate economic. Vision and actions on jointly building silk road economic. The maritime silk road and the pla1 a paper for china as a maritime power conference july 2829, 2015 cna conference facility arlington, virginia by morgan clemens the past decade has seen a considerable amount of speculation concerning chinas military. The silk road economic belt and the 21st century maritime silk road page 3 geographic coverage according to the action plan, the belt will have three routes and the road will have two routes for a graphic representation of these routes, please refer to exhibit 1. In particular, we would like to express our gratitude to knut dethlefsen for realizing this project. Compiled by the fung business intelligence centre based on the framework chapter of the vision and actions on jointly building silk road economic belt and 21st entury maritime silk road exhibit 2. Unesco expert meeting for the world heritage nomination. The msr is the maritime complement to the silk road economic belt, which focuses on infrastructure development across central asia. These two initiatives are jointly known as one belt one road obor. It is this momentum that chinas bri seeks to tap into, to the countrys benefit.
These ceramics range from the changsha dusun jass yue stone wares to the. The two most favored courses followed by trade ships were those of the east china and south china sea routes. South china sea silk route the south china sea silk route was an important conduit for chinas exchanges with the outside world. This route was opened along the south china sea both for the silk trade and for the trunk line of traffic on the maritime silk road. The new silk road just like the ancient one also does not have one single route, but aims at building several regional trade and economic links. The silk route was consisted by land silk route and the maritime silk route. The plans for the maritime silk road affect the existing liner services. The belt and road initiative is chinas most ambitious and.
It was opened by zhangqian in western han dynasty 202 bc8 ad. The maritime silk road or maritime silk route refers to the maritime section of the historic silk road that connected china, southeast asia, the indian subcontinent, arabian peninsula, somalia, egypt and europe. Myanmars role in chinas maritime silk road initiative. The maritime silk road was started in the persian gulf and has continued into china and thailand. A maritime silk road and indonesias perspective of maritime state yose rizal damuri et al csis working paper series wppir 201701 december 12, 2014 abstract this study is intended to see how the maritime silk road msr will be positioned in indonesias development and strategic perspective in. Apr 17, 2017 the maritime silk route msr begins in the countrys fujian province in quanzhou city, which is the starting point of the silk route. For decades, excavations along the east african coast have unearthed thousands of chinese ceramics in several centres along this coast, which stretches for nearly 3000 km. On the other hand, the 21st century maritime silk road connects china and southeast asian countries to europe and africa. Compiled by the fung business intelligence centre based on the framework chapter of the vision and actions on jointly building silk road economic belt and 21st entury maritime silk road. In 203,the chinese government announced its plans to create and develop the silk road economic belt and the 21st century maritime silk route economic belt, hereinafter referred to as the belt. At the western end of the silk road were the citystates of italy, where the accumulation of wealth and knowledge led to the italian renaissance. This article aims to offer a comparative view between the ancient and 21 st century maritime silk road.
The silk road was a network of trade routes which connected the east and west, and was central to the economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between these regions from the 2nd century bce to the 18th century. In recent days, chinas proposal for a maritime silk route msr has been a subject of speculation and debate. Introduction the geopolitics of chinas maritime silk road initiative jeanmarc f. It has been a great pleasure working with and learning from fes professional, thoughtful and knowledgeable staff. The southern extension of the route offers access to the south pacific.
Download the report china unveiled the concept for the twentyfirst century maritime silk road msr in 20 as a development strategy to boost infrastructure connectivity throughout southeast asia, oceania, the indian ocean, and east africa. A comparative view of the ancient and 21st century maritime. Assessing the impact of the maritime silk road sciencedirect. Not only roads, railways and ports, ie transport infrastructure, but also energy routes oil and gas pipelines play an important role as shown in the above map. Chinas maritime silk road an ambitious undertaking dr. It is a result of the chinese dream and provides a chinaled framework for economic and political cooperation that is based on a huge intercontinental infrastructural network. This paper considers chinas 21st century maritime silk road. The second leg of xis plan is to build a 21st century maritime silk road connecting the fastgrowing southeast asian region to chinas southern provinces through ports and railways. A flexible implementation process by alice ekman chinas new silk roads or one belt, one road obor, or belt and road 2 launched by president xi jinping in autumn 20, is a top priority for beijing, and will likely remain so after the 19th party congress. Youve probably heard of the silk road, the ancient trade route that once ran between china and the west during the days of the roman empire. Jul 31, 2019 in order to distinguish it from the traditional silk road, this maritime trade route linking the east and west was given the name silk road on the sea by a japanese scholar in 1967.
The washington institute for near east policy v about the author christina lin is a former visiting fellow at the washington institute, focusing on chinas increasing footprint in the middle east and cooperative efforts by china, the united states, and u. While incoming president donald trump accused china of currency manipulation, among others, during the campaign, china is offering the necessary funding and engineering knowhow to build bridges of friendship in america as part of its global new silk road and maritime silk road economic outreach programs. Chinese silk was a great attraction to the rest of the world. The 21st century maritime silk road will pave the way for the establishment of the asiapacific economic community as well as greatly stimulate the potential to spur rapid economic growth of. Look at china first policy from maritime silk route to. Since 20, china has steadily rolled out an ambitious one belt one road initiative also called the belt and road initiative, the silk road economic belt and the 21st century maritime silk road, or the belt and road. The maritime silk road the road contributes to chinas maritime renaissance and serves chinas core interests. Oct 19, 2011 his route was then called the maritime silk road and many merchants took that route to get their merchandise to china. The silk road economic belt and the 21stcentury maritime silk road, also known as the belt and road initiative, is a development strategy and framework, proposed by chinese paramount leader xi. The maritime silk road msr emphasises improving connectivity but more importantly, it is designed to improve chinas geostrategic position in the world.
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