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Author:   Victor Chan ,  Yew-Foong Hui ,  Desmond Hui ,  Kazem Vafadari
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9781032513737

ISBN 10:   103251373
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   14 April 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors 1. Introduction Heritage conservation and China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Between politics and professionalism Victor C.M. CHAN, Yew-Foong HUI, Desmond HUI and Kazem VAFADARI Part I: The “new discourses” of silk roads 2. Silk road expertise and the geopolitics of connectivity Tim WINTER 3. The construction of the silk roads as World Heritage in China Jieyi XIE 4. The silk roads: A mirror of contestation and a metaphor of ‘revival’ in regional shared heritage Sandra USKOKOVIC Part II: Negotiating the inscription and management of heritage sites 5. Archaeological heritage management along the silk roads: Ancient and modern context Tim WILLIAMS 6. Reviving the ancient maritime silk road: The politics of heritage instrumentalization in Asia’s port cities of Quanzhou and Melaka Yunci CAI 7. Negotiating architectural restoration approaches: Differences between Chinese and Singaporean conservation specialists Kang Shua YEO 8. The importance of Iran’s Yazd province for the Silk Road: Past, Present and Future Kazem VAFADARI and Nastaran EHSANI Part III: China’s Heritage diplomacy along Belt and Road initiative 9. Chinese archaeology in Egypt: Between eurocentrism, de-westernisation and decolonalisation Christian LANGER 10. Silk Roads heritage diplomacy: UNESCO & China’s Belt and Road Initiative Victor C.M. CHAN 11. The maritime silk road: tourism, heritage, symbols and the people-to-people dimension of China’s ‘heritage diplomacy’ in Indonesia Angela TRITTO and Punto WIJAYANTO 12. Heritage diplomacy along the maritime silk roads: the case of Muslim sites in Southern China Pascale BUGNON Index

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Victor C.M. Chan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Yew-Foong Hui is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, at Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong. Desmond Hui is a Professor and Founding Department Head of Art and Design at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Kazem Vafadari is Professor of Tourism and Hospitality at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan.

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