Author Description

"This book on the Belt and Road Initiative is written from an unusual perspective and by someone who was born in India but raised in Singapore; who has never spent a day of schooling in the greater China (Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau) but has Chinese heritage; who eventually built a long and distinguished career in the West. With such an atypical background, he took an off the beaten path by asking the fundamental question of how such an important initiative, began entirely by China, can deeply impact and transform the millennium mindset of Chinese. Such a transformation of the Chinese shall render a new definition, unlike the one made by Western civilization for many centuries since the Renaissance days, of what a "powerful nation" in the 21st century for the betterment of humanity should be. Throughout the book, three main outcomes of the BRI are embedded directly or indirectly throughout the book: Supercontinent, Neo-Renaissance and Cultural Communications. The author felt that these three outcomes are the possible mitigation for the world in the 21st century facing existential challenges"--Publisher's website