This book evaluates China's relations with sub-regional Southeast Asia through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation framework.

Christian Ploberger is an Academic Researcher and Lecturer at the International Studies Program, Department of Political Science, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Soavapa Ngampamuan is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand.

Tao Song is Associate Professor at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.

1. Introduction and overview. I THE REGIONAL LEVEL 2. Regionalisation, regionalism and sub-regional integration processes: the Mekong River Basin and BRI. 3. Addressing the Mekong sub-region rising energy demand: implications for sub-regional investment strategies 4. Southeast Asia's raising energy demand Central Asia and the BRI II INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY FOCUS 5. Thailand's 4.0 development strategy in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative 6. Examining Laos' Policy Responses to BRI 7.Potentials and challenges in addressing Cambodia's development challenge: integration China's Belt and Road Initiative and the GMS process III CHINESE PROVINCIAL LEVEL 8 .Yunnan, the nexus hub between China and Southeast Asia, in the context of BRI 9.Guangxi: Multi-regional Cooperation along the Belt and Road