China's Asian dream: empire building along the New Silk Road
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. Xinjang ; 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.