The Belt and Road Initiative: Bangladesh-China Connectivity

ABSTRACT:

This talk is on the forthcoming book Bangladesh-China Connectivity: History, Trade and Diplomacy, and Society by Springer (2024). The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach. It includes original research papers on Bangladesh-China connectivity to archaeology, history, religion, traditional Chinese medicine, language and literature, women and gender, diplomacy and strategic relations, bilateral business and trade, and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Three narratives are prioritized in this presentation: connectivity could be a two-way process, connectivity between the ‘East’ and ‘East’, and connectivity is essentially a sociocultural phenomenon.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Md. Nazrul Islam is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences, BNU- HKBU United International College. Currently, he is an International Visiting Member at the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies at the University of Sydney. His edited book Silk Road to Belt Road: Reinventing the Past and Shaping the Future published by Springer (2019) translated and published (2023) into Chinese language. Dr. Islam has held visiting positions at the University of British Columbia. He is honored as Guangdong Provincial High Level Talent (China since 2019), and Global Talent (Australia since 2021). Dr. Islam holds a PhD from the University of Hong Kong, and an MSc from Heidelberg University, Germany.

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