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On this podcast, Ankur Shah shares his observations from driving a 4,300 km land border between China and Russia. He also gives an accurate analysis of the state of Belt and Road initiative on the ground and the nature of the cooperation between the two countries. Much of what Ankur reveals is in stark contrast to current media perceptions of the state of China-Russia cooperation with regard to infrastructure.

On this podcast, Ankur Shah shares his observations from driving a 4,300 km land border between China and Russia. He also gives an accurate analysis of the state of Belt and Road initiative on the ground and the nature of the cooperation between the two countries. Much of what Ankur reveals is in stark contrast to current media perceptions of the state of China-Russia cooperation with regard to infrastructure.

A frank and revealing interview with Grigoris Konstantellos, Mayor of Athens Riviera, Greece. According to Grigoris, because the port is expanding with Chinese BRI investment, Athens has more jobs and more trade flows through the port. The economic benefits have been significant. The biggest benefit, however, was that coming of Chinese shipping giant Cosco broke down a very old monopoly, which was the workers' union for the port which had kept prices high and throughput low for hundreds of years prior. For more previously unreported details on the port project and BRI activities in South and Eastern Europe. Have a listen!

  The Belt and Road Advisory created a 25-minute podcast from the 12-page research paper from The Brookings Institute. For those that prefer listening versus reading in both English or Mandarin Chinese, we bring this highly recommended report from the highly influential American Think Tank - The Brookings Institute direct to your earphones. The topics covered in the report are important, “Should the Chinese elite and mass opinion concludes that the United States is intent on denying China its rightful place in global affairs, no one should expect Beijing to be compliant or submissive. At the same time, none of China’s neighbors, even those uneasy about the growth of Chinese power, want to be caught in a struggle between the U.S. and China.”

The Belt and Road Advisory created a 25 minute podcast from the 12-page research paper from The Brookings Institute. For those that prefer listening versus reading in both English or Mandarin Chinese we bring this highly recommended report from the highly influential American Think Tank - The Brookings Institute direct to your earphones. The topics covered in the report are important, “Should the Chinese elite and mass opinion concludes that the United States is intent on denying China its rightful place in global affairs, no one should expect Beijing to be compliant or submissive. At the same time, none of China’s neighbors, even those uneasy about the growth of Chinese power, want to be caught in a struggle between the U.S. and China.”

Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario-based strategic advisory firm. Parag's newest book is The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019).    Parag, in Beijing for the Chinese launch of his latest book, The Future is Asian.  On the podcast, Parag discusses the book, the writing process, the US-China trade war, the Belt and Road initiative as well as China’s and Asia’s role in the future. Parag’s unique insights on the intersection of culture, technology, infrastructure, cities, and geography make this podcast one not to be missed!  

Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario-based strategic advisory firm. Parag's newest book is The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019).  Parag, in Beijing for the Chinese launch of his latest book, The Future is Asian.  On the podcast, Parag discusses the book, the writing process, the US-China trade war, the Belt and Road initiative as well as China’s and Asia’s role in the future. Parag’s unique insights on the intersection of culture, technology, infrastructure, cities, and geography make this podcast one not to be missed!

在这个播客上，前马来西亚交通部长翁诗杰解释了马来西亚东海岸铁路线（ECRL）的幕后情况。翁诗杰也说了。关于“一带一路作为债务陷阱”的言论，根本没有。这个元素似乎不存在。

On this podcast, former Malaysian Transport Minister, Tee Keat Ong explains the behind the scenes situation with the Malaysian East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) which has gone in the space of a year from a perceived “debt trap fiasco” to a feather in the cap of both BRI and Malaysia as a Belt and Road success story.

On this podcast, Bruno Lhopiteau talks about the challenges faced by Chinese infrastructure companies implementing projects abroad and the ways in which the Chinese method of constructing infrastructure is unique.

On this podcast, Bruno Lhopiteau talks about the challenges faced by Chinese infrastructure companies implementing projects abroad and the ways in which the Chinese method of constructing infrastructure is unique.

On this podcast, Odil Gafarov talks about the developments regarding China’s usage of private security forces in protecting Belt and Road projects in Africa and Central Asia.

On this podcast, Odil Gafarov talks about the developments regarding China’s usage of private security forces in protecting Belt and Road projects in Africa and Central Asia.

Richard Q. Turcsányi is the Deputy Director of the Institute of Asian Studies in Bratislava (Slovakia) and an Assistant Professor at Mendel University in Brno (Czech Republic). Richard is also an Associate Fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague and a contributor to ChinfluenCE project mapping out China’s political and economic activity in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. In his academic research, he focuses mostly on Central Europe’s relations with East Asia and Chinese foreign policy. On this podcast, Richard Q. Turcsányi tackles a question, which has become more prominent after the Huawei affair in Poland brought world’s attention to China-CEE relations - why has China’s activity in Central Europe been causing controversies?

Richard Q. Turcsányi is the Deputy Director of the Institute of Asian Studies in Bratislava (Slovakia) and an Assistant Professor at Mendel University in Brno (Czech Republic). Richard is also an Associate Fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague and a contributor to ChinfluenCE project mapping out China’s political and economic activity in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. In his academic research, he focuses mostly on Central Europe’s relations with East Asia and Chinese foreign policy. On this podcast, Richard Q. Turcsányi tackles a question, which has become more prominent after the Huawei affair in Poland brought world’s attention to China-CEE relations - why has China’s activity in Central Europe been causing controversies?

On this podcast, Anastasya Raditya-Ležaić shares a unique perspective of Croatia, which has intensified its relationship with China only in 2016. She also discusses the development of the Pelješac Bridge project, which is the first tender for a project funded through EU funds that has been won by a Chinese company.

On this podcast,Anastasya Raditya-Ležaić shares a unique perspective of Croatia, which has intensified its relationship with China only in 2016. She also discusses the development of the Pelješac Bridge project, which is the first tender for a project funded through EU funds that has been won by a Chinese company.

On this podcast, Nong Hong, the executive director of the Washington-based Institute for China-America Studies and a research fellow at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies of China discusses China's maritime activities and the developments in Sino-American relations.

On this podcast, Nong Hong, the executive director of the Washington-based Institute for China-America Studies and a research fellow at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies of China discusses China's maritime activities and the developments in Sino-American relations.

On this podcast, Professor Zhang discusses the outlook of Chinese economy in 2019 and the impact of Sino-American trade disputes on the Belt and Road Initiative. He also takes on the important questions of the debt issue related to BRI projects and the problem of financing BRI projects in USD.