Abstract
Multiculturalism is thoroughly connected with “identity politics,” “the politics of difference,” and
“the politics of recognition,” which assigns a promise to increasing disparaged appearances and
shifting leading arrangements of illustration as well as interaction which disregards definite units.
It encompasses claims of fiscal benefits, political power, distinctiveness and culture. In this
backdrop, the article targets to analyze traditional interaction as a panacea of all social and border
disputes in this new century through the Chinese BRI connecting the current situation along
historical linkages of Old Silk Road (OSR). Likewise, the basic purpose of this study is to
investigate how seventy states in BRI project can be unified through cultural collaboration other
than political, economic and strategic partnership, following Chinese pushing forward scheme in
New Silk Road (NSR). In fact, BRI would provide all stakeholders of this project a golden
opportunity to value their disregarded culture whose ethos lost actual worth because of Western
rule since decades in this landmass. Moreover, the study is grounded with the theoretical
approaches of cross-cultural power and leading theorizers of multiculturalism supported by
Confucius, Iqbal, Nietzsche, Ibn Khaldun, Charles Taylor and Will Kymlicka. Besides, the data
have been taken from the official reports, reports on cultural meetings among diplomats from
BRI official sites and archival holy manuscripts to reevaluate the value of marginalized local
cultures of Arabian, Indian and Chinese civilizations. Overall, the study distinguishes that how
diversity is the real beauty of Asia and manifold culture of Asia is embedded with each other
because of erstwhile historical links and it‟s tough to separate diverse identities of Asia on ethnic
and communal grounds.
Qamar Fatima, Iram Naseer. (2019) A New Era of Multiculturalism and the Role of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 21st Century, South Asian Studies, Volume 34, Issue 1.
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