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The Belt and Road and the Path to Chinese Greatness

This chapter looks at the Belt and Road Initiative as a case study of
 China’s claim to exceptionalism in global affairs. I argue that, as a form
 of economic statecraft, the BRI is conceived with the primary goal of
 generating Chinese political influence abroad. Through a study of the
 existing scholarship, I argue that three key themes frame Chinese IR
 scholars’ discussion of the BRI: (I) the rules of the international system;
 (II) the competition for regional influence; and (III) China’s own domestic
 affairs and responsibility to its own people. Taken together, these themes
 provide important clues about how the BRI is conceptualized to promote
 a sense of Chinese exceptionalism.