I manage Area Studies journals at Routledge, Taylor & Francis. NUJ Union Rep. Former Deputy Features Ed @E_IR. Lifelong #LCFC. Views expressed are my own.
Jan 7, 2019 • 33 tweets • 13 min read
Michael Ryder and @Bkerrychina kicking off today's @RSAsianAffairs conference on China's Belt and Road Initiative, hosted at KCL, supported by the Wilson Center. Papers will be published as forthcoming issue of Asian Affairs - free to members of the RSAA
What will happen if Belt and Road Initiative leads to significant economic dev - will they lean towards political openness? This would not necessarily be desirable for China. In reality - tendency is NOT for 66 countries involved to move towards democracy with growth @shirleyzeyu
