Asia Review Vol. 14 | No. 2 | 2024

How to Evaluate the Belt and Road Initiative: Origins, Current Status, and Competition
How to Evaluate the Belt and Road Initiative: Origins, Current Status, and Competition | BaekYung Kim

From Bandung to “One Belt One Road”: China’s Aid to Africa during the Cold War Era and Its Third World Conception | Jiwoon Baik

The Belt and Road Initiative from the Historical Context of China’s Diplomacy towards Weaker Nations: The Fusion of Idealism and Realism in China’s Pursuit of a New International Order | Jeong Kyung Seo

Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases of Transboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia | Kiryong Choi

China’s Belt and Road 10-Year Evaluation and Forecast: Perceptions and Responses of China and Five Central Asian Countries | Jungwon Cho

A Decade of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Sino-Japanese Relations: Securitization of Development Cooperation and New Challenges for Bilateral Collaboration | Seunghee Oh

Free Themes

Failures in Japan’s University Admission Reform and Perceptions of Fairness: A Case Study on the Implementation of English Speaking-Tests in University Entrance Exams | Jeehwan Park

Understanding China’s Religious Landscape from Below: The Sinicization of Religion and Christianity in the Xi Jinping Era | WonJi Yoo 

Economic Impact of Migrant Russian Refugees: A Case Study in Central Asia | Jiwon Park

Book Review

China’s Reform and Opening-Up as Viewed through the Lens of Zhejiangcun: A Review on Cross-Border Community: Life History in Zhejiangcun, Beijing by Xiang Biao | Jong-ho Jeong

The Mechanism of Japan’s North Korea Policy and North Korea-Japan Bargaining: A Review on 30 Years of North Korea-Japan Bargaining by Haruki Wada | Heesik Choi

Rewritten History of Modern India through Women’s Voices: A Review on Women in Modern India by Geraldine Forbes | Minha Shin

Is the Middle East Really Different?: Asking Important Questions in Middle East Studies: A Review on Others Not Different: Understanding Middle East Politics and Society through Events by Han-jin Eom | Yuihyun Hwang