03373nas a2200265 a 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000200007324501180009326000670021130000410027849000520031950001250037150200840049652020820058065000240266265100460268670000350273270000390276770000460280670000460285271000600289881000840295885600650304220260817172647.0210428s2018    th uu m rtt   0|  a1eng d  a.b123698581 aPeng, Xueying  10aChina's belt and road initiative :bopinions and reasons from France, explored and compared with those of experts  aPathum Thani, Thailand :bAsian Institute of Technology,c2018  a58 leaves :bill. +1 online resource1 aResearch studies project report ;vno. SM-18-07  aA research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for thedegree of Master of Business Administration  aResearch Studies Project Report (M.B.A.)  - Asian Institute of Technology, 2018  aChina{u2019}s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is on almost everyone's lips and controversial  among governments, academics, experts and citizens. Our review has uncovered numerous  document from China, the EU and think tanks but little information from or about France,  where the researcher{u2019}s exchange semester took place at EDHEC Business School in Lille.  We seized the opportunity to collect information in Lille and contribute to filling this  knowledge gap.  The main objective of the research is to explore and map the opinions, which the  respondents have on economic, political and cultural/social aspects of BRI and attributed  SWOT. Based on purposive and snowballing sampling, the data was collected from  academics, students, business representatives (16 face-to-face interviews). To improve our  knowledge on BRI and avoid falling to prey on stereotypes, we compared the opinions  with publications from experts who professionally work on BRI (secondary data from  academics, members of government or private organizations). Our analysis shows that a large majority - 14 out of 16 - of the respondents sees BRI  positively in all three dimensions, economic, political and cultural/social. This result is  enhanced by the fact that the number of overall positive statements about BRI outnumbers  the overall negative ones (166 to 130). Further, the opinions and arguments on BRI held by  the respondents are rather general and lack of substance but they are corroborated by  findings from experts working professionally on BRI.  We have provided evidence that BRI has already achieved results such as Chinese and EU  strategic papers and projects within the EU but a few only in France; it is somehow an  absentee since the previous and current President do not focus on China and have strong  hesitations, mainly for security reasons.  We recommend that BRI is given a clear profile and, due to its importance also in the  future, government agencies should be created that professionally monitor, analyze and  report on BRI for consumption of the 'public'.  0aTrade routeszChina 0aChinaxForeign economic relationszFrance1 aZimmerman, Willi,eChairperson0 aVimolwan Yukongdi,eCo-Chairperson0 aSununta Siengthai,eExamination Committee0 aWinai Wongsurawat,eExamination Committee2 aChinese Scholarship Council (CSC) ,eScholarship Donor 2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tResearch studies project report ;vno. SM-18-07  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B13001