'One of the most interesting and original thinkers about the rise of China' - Peter FrankopanA Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2022A Guardian Best Paperback of July 2022Its vast infrastructure projects now extend from the ocean floor to outer space, and from Africa's megacities into rural America. China is wiring the world, and, in doing so, rewriting the global order.As thing...

A prominent authority on China's Belt and Road Initiative reveals the global risks lurking within Beijing's project of the century"A reality check on Beijing's global infrastructure project."—Peter Neville-Hadley, South China Morning Post"For all the hype and hand-wringing over how the [Belt and Road] could usher in the Chinese century, Hillman's engaging mix of high-level analysis and fieldwork in more than a dozen countries paints a much more nuanced picture."—Keith Johns...

An expert on China’s global infrastructure expansion provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow’s networks.From the ocean floor to outer space, China’s Digital Silk Road aims to wire the world and rewrite the global order. Taking readers on a journey inside China’s surveillance state, rural America, and Africa’s megacities, Jonathan Hillman reveals what China’s expanding digital footprint looks like on the ground and explores the economic...

Seine riesigen Infrastrukturprojekte erstrecken sich inzwischen vom Meeresboden bis ins Weltall und von den Megastädten Afrikas bis ins ländliche Amerika. China ist dabei, die Welt zu vernetzen und die globale Ordnung neu zu gestalten. Der Kampf um die Zukunft ist eröffnet und verlangt von Amerika und seinen Verbündeten, China nicht unkontrolliert weiteres Terrain zu überlassen. Diesen Wettbewerb zu verlieren können sich die Demokratien nicht leisten. China-Experte Jonathan Hillman nimmt d...

Its vast infrastructure projects now extend from the ocean floor to outer space, and from Africa's megacities into rural America. China is wiring the world, and, in doing so, rewriting the global order.As things stand, the rest of the world still has a choice. But the battle for tomorrow will require America and its allies to take daring risks in uncertain political terrain. Unchecked, China will reshape global flows of data to reflect its interests. It willdevelop an unriva...

A prominent authority on China's Belt and Road Initiative reveals the global risks lurking within Beijing's project of the centuryChina's Belt and Road Initiative is the world's most ambitious and misunderstood geoeconomic vision. To carry out President Xi's flagship foreign-policy effort, China promises to spend over one trillion dollars for new ports, railways, fiber-optic cables, power plants, and other connections. It touches more than one hundred and thirty co...

The CSIS Reconnecting Asia Project explores the drivers and implications of Asia’s infrastructure push. In this interdisciplinary volume, leading experts from government, academia, and industry answer six big questions about the region’s past and future. They consider whether new overland routes emerging between Asia and Europe can succeed, what unintended consequences might result, and how infrastructure can be used to advance strategic goals, among other topics.