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• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction
• 1. "One Belt, One Road": Financing the New Silk Road Belt and Road Initiative Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Asia's infrastructure arms race
• 2. Marching West: The Economics of Power in Central Asia Xinjiang Central Asia Russia
• 3. In the Heat of the Sun: Advancing Down the Mekong Laos Cambodia
• 4. California Dreamin': How China "Lost" Myanmar Gateway to the Bay of Bengal
• 5. A String of Pearls: Fear and Loathing in the Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Pakistan India Sri Lanka
• 6. Fiery Waters: Mapping the South China Sea Vietnam
• Conclusion.
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"China", Napoleon once remarked, "is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world." In 2014, President Xi Jinping triumphantly declared the lion had awakened. Under his leadership, China is pursuing a dream to restore its historical position as the dominant power in Asia. From the Mekong River Basin to the Central Asian steppe, China is flexing its economic muscles for strategic ends. By setting up new regional financial institutions, Beijing is challenging the post-World War II order established under the watchful eye of Washington. And by funding and building roads, railways, ports and power lines-a New Silk Road across Eurasia and through the South China Sea and Indian Ocean-China aims to draw its neighbours ever tighter into its embrace. Combining a geopolitical overview with on-the-ground reportage from a dozen countries, China's Asian Dream offers a fresh perspective on the rise of China' and asks: what does it means for the future of Asia?
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• List of maps, tables, figures and boxes
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Glossary
• Convetions
• Maps
• Introduction
• Research outline
• Access to capital, information and security
• The Indonesian case
• Sources
• Research method
• Prelude to rapid expansion (1800-1884)
• The colonial state and the economy
• The resilience of private enterprise
• Private enterprise under the cultivation system
• Tilting the balance : finance in transition
• Wholesalers and retailers
• Crisis and adaptation (1884-1890s)
• Economic policy and political expansion
• The organization of trade
• The onset of the crisis : sugar and coffee
• The beginning of the crisis
• The crisis experienced
• The crisis prolonged : import and credit
• Redefining Dutch-Chinese commercial relations (1890s-1910)
• An awkward alliance : the interdependence of Dutch and Chinese business
• The economic position of the Chinese under scrutiny
• A wave of failures : Surabaya in the late 1890s
• The Chinese boycot of the Handelsvereeniging Amsterdam
• The road to expansion (1910-1930)
• The late colonial state : consolidation and conflict
• The colonial economy before 1914
• The lure of sugar
• DJ B and the outbreak of the First World War
• The colonial economy after 1914
• The Kwik Hoo Tong Handelmaatschappij : a prominent Chinese in sugar
• Economic crisis and commercial resilience (1930-1942 )
• The economic experience of the 1930s
• The incidence of failure : bankruptcy cases in the 1920s and 1930s
• Commercial resilience : two examples of crisis management in the 1930s
• Conclusion
• A bird's-eye view of colonial trade
• Trade dynamics
• Sources
• Bibliography
• Index.

Trading enterprise figures prominently in Indonesian history. Commercial activities penetrated deep into the economy, politics and society of the former Netherlands Indies. Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java describes this, largely forgotten, world of commerce. During the period 1800-1942 this vanished world was, however, bustling. Merchants of very different background and stature cooperated and competed with each other. Trading relations were forged and dissolved, contracts were honoured and broken, fortunes were made and lost. Using unpublished archival sources in Indonesia and the Netherlands Alexander Claver recounts the diverse trading mechanisms, complex credit relations and countless participants involved. How Dutch, Chinese, and Arab traders related to each other in such demanding business environment is the fascinating story of this book. Full text (Open Access).
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• This fascinating book tells the story of modern Hungarian society through the interconnected lives of several families in a small town on the Great Hungarian Plain. It opens in 1989 - on the eve of communism's collapse - with the suicide of the town's dynamic and popular mayor. The author quickly sketches in the details of the small scandal that precipitated the mayor's shocking act. Amazingly enough, this small scandal in a small town became a sensation in the Hungarian national press during the months leading up to the fall of the regime. It was seen to typify the corruption of national life under the communist system. Following this prologue, each of the three parts of the book tells the story of one of the families over the course of the last century - and, through that family history, the story of one of the social groups making up the community. The ups and downs of each family are tied not only to the strengths and weaknesses of its individual members, but also to the twists and turns of East European history and the vagaries of politics under changing political regimes and economic systems. At the end of the book, the author revisits the town (in 1998) and the surviving characters, and tells of their fate in the new Hungary.
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Within a few short months in 1997, Asian economies that had been considered not only healthy but "miraculous" suddenly fell off a precipice as investors withdrew massively first from Asian currencies and, in rapid order, from equity markets across the region. On October 27 1997, the turmoil in Asian markets spooked Wall Street in the largest single-day decline in history, a drop of 550 points. It was predicted that the Asian crash could drive the US trade deficit from $191 billion to $300 billion by 1998, creating huge new tensions in relations with some of the largest US trading partners. These wrenching changes, following a generation of success, raise numerous questions about the steps that led to the crisis, its likely outcome and the limits and constraints of "Asian capitalism". Edith Terry presents a blow-by-blow account of the crisis, beginning with the 1996 collapse of the Bangkok Bank of Commerce. In her overview, she links the fall of the Asian miracle with the theme of globalization, arguing that the crisis demonstrates the urgency of dismantling restraints to trade, investment, and financial services, and that the United States should take leadership in pushing for new and sweeping reform through the World Trade Organization and in bilateral negotiations with its trading partners. The final section of the book deals with the rise of the "Asian miracle" - how the myth was created, who created it, why it succeeded for so long - and is informed by analysis of the Japanese prototype.
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• Preface The Asian Financial Crisis The Outbreak and Consequences of the Asian Financial Crisis The Nature and Causes of the Asian Financial Crisis The Impact on Hong Kong Hong Kong on the Eve of the Asian Financial Crisis Speculation Against the Hong Kong Dollar Impact on Asset Markets Impact on the Financial Sector Impact on the Real Economy Two Puzzles Why Was Hong Kong's Economic Downturn So Severe? Why Was Hong Kong a Laggard in Economic Recovery? The Role of China Hong Kong's Money and Finance Under Chinese Sovereignty China and the Asian Financial Crisis Epilogue Lessons and Reflections References Index.
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Victim, not instigator of the Asian Financial Crisis, Hong Kong was the only economy that succeeded in defending its fully convertible currency, indeed its entire financial system, against speculators, but the price it paid for success has been deep recession. Jao gives an objective, even-handed account and analysis. Without political or ideological preconsiderations he shows how Hong Kong authorities handled their intervention in the equity market in August 1998. Explaining the conventional wisdom that no fixed exchange rate regime can hold out for long against massive speculation. He goes further to show that Hong Kong contributed not only to the eventual easing of the AFC, but to economic stability throughout Asia as well. Jao opens with a discussion of the nature, causes, and consequences of the AFC. After an overview of Hong Kong's economic and financial fundamentals on the eve of the crisis, he examines the impact it had up close. He examines the massive speculation against the Hong Kong dollar, explaining why speculators were defeated. The AFC's impact on the assets market are also explored. He also analyzes the impact on the financial sector and the real economy. Jao studies and answers two hard questions: why was the economic downturn so severe and why was the territory initially a laggard in economic recovery? He then takes up China's role, and presents an objective, balanced view of Hong Kong's money and finance under Chinese sovereignty, followed by a discussion of how China herself coped with the AFC. The book concludes with an in-depth discussion of the lessons the AFC has taught us and the author's reflections on post-AFC issues.
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