ABSTRACT
China has taken great strides towards the development of its economy and since the end of the Cold War has registered historically unprecedented growth rate figures for its climb up the global capitalist ladder. The One Belt, One Road (OBOR) serves China's domestic interests. At face value, the articulation of OBOR and the construction of it represented a concerted effort to build what the English School of international relations might see as the building of what could be termed an "international Asian society" based on shared norms and rules. The OBOR is a truly ambitious and forward-looking economic project, with immense proportions and huge consequences. The OBOR forms the latest the ring of the circles in China's strategic priorities in Asia, which combines cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a strategic imperative and the strengthening of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a security priority.
