The Future of Sino-Algerian Relationship on “O.B.O.R” (One. Belt. One. road)

Abstract

“China is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world”  (Napoleon Bonaparte). This French Emperor’s warning, uttered more than 200 years ago, rang  hollow for most of that time. Alain Peyrefitte chose this Napoleon’s Prophecy as a title of his best  seller written in 1973: Quand la Chine s’eveillera le monde tremblra. The book was a premonitory  tale, about most of the things that are happening now... So, Were Alain Peyrefitte and Napoleon  right...? and "Will China become the nightmare of the world after its awakening"?! In fact, many  specialists, mostly in the Western world, have a positive answer and doubt about China's goal of a  "westward" strategy.  In this study, we will try to analyse this point of view by taking Algeria as an example, being  the biggest African, Mediterranean and Arabic country with a strategic geographical position,  subsoil full of wealth and one of the countries concerned by the OBOR initiative.  Indeed, we will approach several aspects of Sino-Algerian relationship (diplomatic, politic,  economic, cultural...), by focusing on the points which can develop bilateral cooperation, in the  context of the “O.B.O.R” initiative, and on those which can increase all forms of prejudice and  apprehension that could hinder these ties. Thereby, questions that impose themselves are: what is  the appropriate way to reach sustainable cooperation: Cultural, economic, linguistic, strategic...?  Would not the cultural dimension, with its various components, be the best way? How two great  civilizations, that have marked the history of humanity and whose impact and influence remain  strong until now, can contribute to the establishment of a new world order that would allow all  humanity to live together in peace and the respect of differences...? These are what we will try to  answer in this short research.