On the occasion of the International Women’s Day we bring to you a round up of our 5 most popular episodes with female guests!
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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.
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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.
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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?
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On the occasion of the Chinese New Year we bring to you a round up of our 5 most popular episodes!
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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.
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On this podcast, Dr. Hong discusses China's maritime activities and the developments in Sino-American relations. During the show she discusses the developments in the South China Sea arena and the impact of the Maritime Silk Road on the tensions in that region.
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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.
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We bring to you another episode of our BRI Business series in which we focus on financing of the Belt and Road Initiative. Many governments, companies and individuals would like to access BRI funds, but how to do so remains unclear. Today we take this question head on and we discuss the ways in which you can access Belt and Road funding.
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In this episode we review the top 10 most important Belt and Road happenings of 2018 and make some predictions about the development of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2019. This episode will help you to kick off this year of Belt and Road watching.
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On this podcast, Jacob Tomas (谭亚幸) discusses the issue of sustainability of Chinese projects abroad and shares his unique perspective on how the new technologies play a role in that process. He also talks about the difference in the approach that Western and Chinese companies have towards sustainable development.
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On this podcast, Dragan discusses the development of the Belt and Road Initiative in Serbia and the wider Balkan region. In the course of the interview he addresses the concerns that China uses its economic engagement with the region to excercise political pressure and discusses the development of the (in)famous Belgrade-Budapest Railway Project.
Read MoreWe bring to you another episode of our BRI Business series in which we discuss the way in which you can leverage the Belt and Road strategies of your business partners. For our Chinese listeners we present the best ways in which your Belt and Road plans can be communicated to foreign partners in order to ensure an effective cooperation.
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On this podcast, Stephen Nagy a distinguished fellow of Asia Pacific Foundation (APF) and a long-term resident in Japan discusses the Japanese point of view on the Belt and Road Initiative. As a long-term resident in Japan and a China expert, Stephen provides a perspective of a highly informed scholar not constrained by complexities of Sino-Japanese relations.
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On this podcast, Kiran Choudhry discusses the real examples of BRI projects pursued by the Beijing Technology Exchange and Promotion Center, the challenges related to facilitating BRI cooperation and the “how” of BRI projects.
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On this podcast, world renowned China expert Kerry Brown discusses the meaning and purpose of the Belt and Road Initiative. Professor Brown highlights that China wants to communicate its story and the vision of the future through its chief foreign policy initiative. But communicating and understanding this complex Belt and Road story is far from easy.
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On this podcast, Hannah Ryder - economist, diplomat, development expert - talks about the recent FOCAC Summit in Beijing, a complex relationship between China and African countries and challenges related to running effective development projects. Hannah highlights that African countries have much to gain from the Belt and Road Initiative, but they also have to know what they want.
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On this podcast, Ankur Shah shares his observations from his visits to Belt and Road Project’s sites and stories from his expedition following footsteps of Marco Polo along the Silk Road.
Before listening to the podcast, watch a 3-minute trailer of the upcoming “105 Nights” documentary about the expedition that Ankur took part in. Click here to see today’s Silk Road: https://vimeo.com/237607248.
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On this podcast, Shada Islam, the Director of Europe and Geopolitics at Friends of Europe, an influential think tank based in Brussels, and a Professor at College of Europe, discusses Sino-European relations and the European Union's perspective on the Belt and Road Initiative.
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On this podcast, Professor Liu Zuokui（刘作奎）, the Director of the Department of Central and Eastern European (CEE) Studies at Institute of European Studies, CASS, and the Acting Director of the China-CEE Countries Think Tanks Exchange and Cooperation Network Office provides an overview of China-CEE relations and evaluates the efficiency of the controversial 16+1 China-CEE Cooperation. He also puts his remarks in a wider context of China-Europe engagement under the BRI.
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