The Silk Road Trap. How China's Trade Ambitions Challenge Europe: Jonathan Holslag, Cambridge & Medford, MA: Polity, 2019, vii + 190pp., £14.99 p/b.

Concerning the PRC's "divide-and-rule approach", Holslag makes the point that '[f]or a few years, China has also been investing a lot of resources in its partnerships with weaker Member States, like Greece, or in Eastern and Central Europe' (p. 73). Jonathan Holslag's timely publication captures recent developments in the economic relationship between Europe and the People's Republic of China (PRC) and identifies likely pitfalls associated with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). How China's Trade Ambitions Challenge Europe: Jonathan Holslag, Cambridge & Medford, MA: Polity, 2019, vii + 190pp., £14.99 p/b. [Extracted from the article]

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