Jawad Syed is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at the Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.Yung-Hsiang Ying is Professor and Executive Vice President at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan.

• 1. Introduction: Diversity, Convergence and Opportunities along the Belt and Road; Jawad Syed and Yung-Hsiang Ying.- 2. BRI and the Effect of Trade and Financial Integration on Output Volatility; Choudhary Tanveer Shehzad.- 3. The Changing Asian Perception of China's Rising: A BRI Context; Zhenqing Zheng.- 4. From Central Asia to the World: China's Regional Diplomacy as a Precursor for Global Connectivity; Hasan H. Karrar.- 5. BRI: Connectivity, Trade, Investment and Politics in South Asia; Nazish Afraz and Hasaan Khawar.- 6. China's Investment in BRI Countries: An Industrial Perspective; Chris Y. Tung and Fang-I Wen.- 7. Strategic Change in the Dynamics of Regional and Global Financial Integration following the BRI; Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz, Boris Kabylinskii and Fayqa Abdullah Ashkanani.- 8. The Interpersonal Challenges of BRI: Developing People-to-people Bonds; Isabel Rechberg and Shuojia Guo.- 9. The Chinese Vision of BRI and its Effects on Turkey andWest Asia; Mustafa Yildiran.- 10. China in Africa; Rabbiya Kamal and Omair Haroon.

Jawad Syed is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at the Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.Yung-Hsiang Ying is Professor and Executive Vice President at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan.

• 1. Introduction: Diversity, Convergence and Opportunities along the Belt and Road; Jawad Syed and Yung-Hsiang Ying.- 2. BRI and the Effect of Trade and Financial Integration on Output Volatility; Choudhary Tanveer Shehzad.- 3. The Changing Asian Perception of China's Rising: A BRI Context; Zhenqing Zheng.- 4. From Central Asia to the World: China's Regional Diplomacy as a Precursor for Global Connectivity; Hasan H. Karrar.- 5. BRI: Connectivity, Trade, Investment and Politics in South Asia; Nazish Afraz and Hasaan Khawar.- 6. China's Investment in BRI Countries: An Industrial Perspective; Chris Y. Tung and Fang-I Wen.- 7. Strategic Change in the Dynamics of Regional and Global Financial Integration following the BRI; Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz, Boris Kabylinskii and Fayqa Abdullah Ashkanani.- 8. The Interpersonal Challenges of BRI: Developing People-to-people Bonds; Isabel Rechberg and Shuojia Guo.- 9. The Chinese Vision of BRI and its Effects on Turkey andWest Asia; Mustafa Yildiran.- 10. China in Africa; Rabbiya Kamal and Omair Haroon.

Jawad Syed is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at the Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.Yung-Hsiang Ying is Professor and Executive Vice President at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan.

• 1. Introduction: Diversity, Convergence and Opportunities along the Belt and Road; Jawad Syed and Yung-Hsiang Ying.- 2. BRI and the Effect of Trade and Financial Integration on Output Volatility; Choudhary Tanveer Shehzad.- 3. The Changing Asian Perception of China's Rising: A BRI Context; Zhenqing Zheng.- 4. From Central Asia to the World: China's Regional Diplomacy as a Precursor for Global Connectivity; Hasan H. Karrar.- 5. BRI: Connectivity, Trade, Investment and Politics in South Asia; Nazish Afraz and Hasaan Khawar.- 6. China's Investment in BRI Countries: An Industrial Perspective; Chris Y. Tung and Fang-I Wen.- 7. Strategic Change in the Dynamics of Regional and Global Financial Integration following the BRI; Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz, Boris Kabylinskii and Fayqa Abdullah Ashkanani.- 8. The Interpersonal Challenges of BRI: Developing People-to-people Bonds; Isabel Rechberg and Shuojia Guo.- 9. The Chinese Vision of BRI and its Effects on Turkey andWest Asia; Mustafa Yildiran.- 10. China in Africa; Rabbiya Kamal and Omair Haroon.