Epilogue

Abstract

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), sometimes criticized, already succeeded to link many countries on all five continents. There is no infrastructure development without risks. The USA and China are two superpowers which need to have more cooperation to avoid a negative post-Cold War. Peace is essential for the future of humanity. This book has discussed China's globalization in the twenty-first century and the modern Silk Road, which is a new maritime and land globalization. The name Silk Road is ancient, with 2000 years of history, and continues to be very attractive. Globalization also has a long history, but it is different nowadays because the internet and the digital communication became part of our daily life. The re-emergence of Central Asia in world history imposes a new consideration of Xinjiang, the gate of the BRI. Xinjiang and Kazakhstan are considered to be a pivot of the new history of Central Asia linked with the BRI.