Book Review
The Belt and Road Initiative and Pacific Island Countries
Matthieu Grandpierron 1,2,* 
and Feiyang Yu 3
1 Catholic University of Vendée, La Roche-sur-Yon 85000, France
2 École Polytechnique, Palaiseau 91120, France
3 Research Center for Pacific Island Country Studies, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
* Correspondence: m-grandpierron@ices.fr
Lei Yu and Sophia Sui (eds.), China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative (BRI) in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs): Geo-economic and Political Implications for China-PICs Relations, Peter Lang Verlag, 2025, ISBN 9783034354295 hb, 9783034354301 ebk
https://doi.org/10.59711/jims.12.110044
References
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