A podcast that covers the latest news, research and analysis of China's growing presence in the developing world. Co-Hosted by Erik Myxter-Iino and Juliet Lu Edited by Taili Ni
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A radio show for Africans by Africans based in Kitchener-Waterloo, hosted by Ediri Obor. We will be keeping you up to date with pop culture from the motherland, brought to you by @digimillennials. Wherever you are, you can tune in to MidtownRadio.ca every Tuesday night at 7pm ET.
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Voices of the Belt and Road Podcast: Understand the Impact of China on the World
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Voices of the Belt & Road tells the stories of people that are part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It demystifies the initiative by enabling you to listen to the voices of experts and policy-makers, but also the very people affected by the initiative day in and day out. It has become fashionable to conceptualize the BRI through large numbers. But we hear very little of the people and stories behind the initiative. BRI needs stories, it needs faces and it needs voices. Voices of the B ...
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China’s Complex Presence in Southeast Asia: Tourism, Organized Crime, Geopolitical Tensions
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Enze Han joins Juliet and Keren to discuss all things China in Southeast Asia, from migration to tourism to pig butchering scams, and much more. Enze Han is Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include the international relations of East Asia, China's rela…
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Infrastructure States and Cycling Along the China-Laos Railroad with Jess DiCarlo
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Jess DiCarlo joins Juliet and Keren for a dynamic discussion about China's identity as an infrastructural state, the myth of the debt trap narrative, cycling as method (and Jess's experience biking along the China-Laos train route), the impact of the BRI in Laos, and much more. Dr. Jess DiCarlo is an assistant professor in Geography, Environment, a…
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Ocean Consciousness and the Maritime Silk Road with Tabitha Grace Mallory and Andrew Chubb
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Tabitha Grace Mallory and Andrew Chubb visit the Belt and Road Podcast to chat about China's ocean economy, maritime activities, and the role of concepts like ocean consciousness. Dr. Tabitha Grace Mallory is CEO of the consulting firm China Ocean Institute, and an affiliate faculty member of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Ta…
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Leland Lazarus on Triads, Taiwan, and China's Forum Diplomacy in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Leland Lazarus joins Juliet to talk about Chinese and Taiwanese engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean, from official diplomatic activities to BRI projects to transnational organized crime. Leland Lazarus is the Associate Director of National Security at Florida International University’s Jack D. Gordon Institute of Public Policy. He is an e…
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Environmental Justice and Coal-Fired Power Plants in Indonesia with Bowen Gu
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Bowen Gu joins Juliet and Erik on the podcast to talk about environmental justice and China's coal investments in Indonesia, with a focus on Gu's recent paper: Black gold and green BRI: A grounded analysis of Chinese investment in coal-fired power plants in Indonesia (2024). Bowen Gu is a PhD student at the Institute of Environmental Science and Te…
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An Anthropological Understanding of Chinese-financed Special Economic Zones in Nigeria with Omolade Adunbi
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Professor Omolade Adunbi joins Juliet and Erik on the podcast to talk about China's free trade zones in Nigeria. Adunbi is the Director of the African Studies Center, Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies, Professor of Law, and Faculty Associate in the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan. His research e…
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In this episode of Afronights w/ Digimillennials! Host Ediri Obor explores great music from the African continent including music from Toronto-based artist King Cruff.AfroNights w/ Digimillenials による
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Welcome to the second season of Afronights w/ Digimillennials! We've got an exciting new host, Ediri Obor, but the same focus on exploring and celebrating African and black culture in Waterloo Region.AfroNights w/ Digimillenials による
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How China is Reshaping International Technical Standards with Tim Rühlig
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Juliet, Erik, and guest Tim Ruhlig discuss technical standards, China’s growth in technical industries and its increasing influence in leading and setting standards, and the new geopolitics of technical standardization and interdependence. Tim Ruhlig is a senior fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations, where he researches Europe-China rel…
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Funding the Pre-Project Pipeline: China's New MCDF with Shuang Liu
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Before the shovels hit the dirt, before a developer gets construction permits, before an MOU is signed, there exists a huge process of project feasibility, planning, and pre-approval. That process is incredibly complex and costly, but a new Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) has been established to help. Shuang Liu joins…
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China, the U.S., and Critical Minerals in the DRC with Laetitia Tran Ngoc
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Juliet chats with Laetitia Tran Ngoc about the state of China-Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) relations, the way people in the DRC view China and the U.S., outside interest in critical minerals mining in the DRC, and the domestic situation of the DRC that acts as a destabilizing factor to it all. Her article in South China Morning Post is he…
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The Periphery Perspective: Global China from the Borderlands with Ale Rippa
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Alessandro (Ale) Rippa joins Juliet and Erik on the podcast to talk about how he uses China's borderlands as a starting point to understand the Chinese state, global engagements like the Belt and Road Initiative, and Chinese development. They discuss Ale's experiences working in China's border regions in Xinjiang and Yunnan, how borders are zones o…
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Martina Bósèdé on her Roots, Career, and Future Projects
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The fourteenth episode of Afronights w/ Digimillennials with host Peter Pearse-Elosia. Peter chats with acclaimed singer Martina Bósèdé.AfroNights w/ Digimillenials による
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The thirteenth episode of the Afronights podcast, hosted by Peter Pearse-Elosia. Celebrating the best of African culture from Kitchener-Waterloo!AfroNights w/ Digimillenials による
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The twelfth episode of the Afronights podcast, hosted by Peter Pearse-Elosia. Celebrating the best of African culture from Kitchener-Waterloo!AfroNights w/ Digimillenials による
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China's Growing Flirtations with International NGO Collaboration with May Farid and Hui Li
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May Farid and Hui Li drop by the podcast to talk about INGOs, or international non-governmental organizations, and specifically how their relationship with China is shifting as China goes global. The conversation focuses on their article "International NGOs as intermediaries in China's 'going out' strategy." May Farid is a political scientist study…
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Episode 11 of Afronights with Digimillennials with host Peter Pearse-Elosia, spinning the music of Ghana in celebration of its independence! Tune in Thursdays at 8pm for new episodes of the programme.AfroNights w/ Digimillenials による
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The tenth episode of the Afronights podcast, hosted by Peter Pearse-Elosia. Celebrating the best of African culture from Kitchener-Waterloo!AfroNights w/ Digimillenials による
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COP15 and China's Growing Environmental Leadership with Jesse Rodenbiker and Tyler Harlan
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Juliet is joined by friends and fellow researchers Jesse Rodenbiker and Tyler Harlan to discuss their recent experiences at the COP15 of the Conference on Biological Diversity, China's growing environmental leadership, and China's domestic environmental policies and their impact on BRI initiatives and overseas engagements. Jesse starts off the conv…
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Conversation with LOCAL Nigerian-born artist and producer B.O.S.
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Comparing the Railway Bureaucracies in China and India with Kyle Chan
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Kyle Chan visits the Belt and Road Podcast to talk about state capacity in railway bureaucracies in China and India, his research collected while riding trains through the two countries, the incredibly mundane naming of Chinese companies, and much more. This episode discusses Kyle's research published in two articles: Inside China's state-owned ent…
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The inaugural episode of the Afronights podcast, hosted by Peter Pearse-Elosia. Celebrating the best of African culture from Kitchener-Waterloo!AfroNights w/ Digimillenials による
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Exploring Chinese Soft Power with Maria Repnikova
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Juliet and Erik are joined by Maria Repnikova to talk about her book, "Chinese soft power," Confucius Institutes, China's love for spectacle, and of course, how all this and more applies to the Belt and Road. What is soft power? How is China doing when it comes to soft power projection around the world? Listen to find out! Maria Repnikova is the Di…
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Evaluating Mega Projects: The Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya with Keren Zhu
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Keren Zhu talked with us about her research on the socioeconomic impacts of the Belt and Road, specifically with regard to Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). She provides background and analysis on the SGR, she and Eric discuss their personal experiences riding the railway, and more! Much of the conversation centers around Keren's recent work wi…
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China's Global Climate Governance with Jeffrey Qi
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Jeffrey Qi discusses China's growing role in high-level, high-stakes global climate governance. We discuss research Jeffrey conducted as a master's student in political science at the University of British Columbia and the resulting article he wrote with his advisor Peter Dauvergne, China's rising influence on climate governance: Forging a path for…
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US Strategy Regarding China's Presence in the African Continent with Winslow Robertson and Owakhela Kankhwende
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Erik is joined by Winslow Robertson and Owakhela Kankhwende to discuss their chapter of the book From Trump to Biden and Beyond: Reimagining U.S.-China Relations, entitled "U.S. Strategy Vis-À-Vis China's Presence in the African Continent: Description and Prescription". Winslow Robertson is a PhD student at IESE Business School at the University of…
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The Politics of Infrastructure Maintenance and Decay w/ The Roadwork Asia Project's Agnieszka Joniak-Lüthi and Zarina Urmanbetova
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Juliet and Erik are joined by Agnieszka Joniak-Lüthi and Zarina Urmanbetova of Roadwork Asia to discuss China's road infrastructure projects in Central Asia and their research at Roadwork Asia, including their article on infrastructural connections across the Toghuz-Toro district of central Kyrgystan Welcome and Unwelcome Connections: Travelling Po…
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The Chinese Insurance Sector and the BRI with Margaret Myers
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Margaret Myers returns to The Belt and Road Podcast to speak with Erik about the role and development of China's international insurance sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. The conversation is based on her January 2022 report from The Dialogue entitled Going Out, Guaranteed: Chinese Insurers in Latin America. Margaret Myers is the director o…
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Ammar Malik, China AidData, and the Data and Debate over Chinese Lending
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On this episode, Juliet and Erik speak to Dr. Ammar Malik about AidData’s Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 2.0. This dataset provides the most comprehensive data on China’s overseas development finance activities, covering projects over 18 commitment years (2000-2017). They discuss the trends and findings from the dataset, break …
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Cotton Diplomacy in Central Asia: Dr. Irna Hofman on China in Tajikistan and Beyond
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Just across the Xinjiang border, China is investing in a range of sectors. Infrastructure and road construction are booming as in many other places, but cotton investments dominate and are seen as a distinct type. Cotton is considered a strategic crop both to China and Tajikistan and is embedded in a range of elite networks and state power. Cotton …
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A Systematic Analysis of International Chinese Contractors - w/ Hong Zhang
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On episode 51, Juliet and Erik welcome back Dr. Hong Zhang to discuss the history, interests, corporate structures and agency of International Chinese infrastructure contractors. Discussion is based on Hong Zhang's May 2021 working paper for SAIS-China Africa Research Initiative entitled: Chinese International Contractors in Africa: Structure and A…
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Episode 50!! Grounded Understanding Within BRI / B3W "Competition" with Juliet & Erik
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Juliet and Erik celebrate their 50th episode by discussing their first co-authored article "Beyond Competition: Why the BRI and the B3W Can’t and Shouldn’t Be Considered Rivals" (Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung) On June 12, 2021, US President Biden along with the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) launched their own “positive alternative” to the BRI - the …
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How Do Chinese Firms Approach Overseas Investment Risk? w/ Alvin Camba
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On this episode Erik speaks with returning guest Dr. Alvin Camba about his latest research paper "How Chinese firms approach investment risk: strong leaders, cancellation, and pushback" (link to paper) This groundbreaking research uses hundreds of in-depth interviews with top officials from China, Chinese SOEs, state-owned banks as well as Philippi…
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The Continued Transformations of the Belt and Road Initiative w/ Jonathan Hillman
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On the episode, Juliet and Erik speak with Senior Fellow and Director of the Reconnecting Asia Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jonathan E. Hillman. Jon discusses the BRI in a historical context and talks about the way he's seen the BRI shift since its inception in 2013. The interview is based on Jon's 2020 book The Em…
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Kristen Hopewell on Chinese Agricultural Trade, Emerging Powers, and the Battle Over Export Credit
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On this episode, Juliet talks with Dr. Kristen Hopewell, the Canada Research Chair in Global Policy in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. Also a Wilson China Fellow, Kristen's work sheds light on how international governing bodies like the WTO and OECD can influence and be influenced by growing Chi…
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The Belt and Road from Outer Space to Underground with Julie Klinger
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On this episode Juliet and Erik speak with Dr. Julie Klinger about her research that smartly connects the seemingly disparate topics of geological surveying, Chinese domestic environmental and social movements, international infrastructure investments and China-Africa space cooperation. It's a fascinating discussion that you certainly don't want to…
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