U.S. Foreign Service Officer Leland Lazarus on China-Caribbean relations

Sinica Podcast

Kaiser Kuo

Culture, China News, Hangzhou, Chinese, International Relations, Chongqing, Beijing, Sichuan, Currentaffairs, China, Politics, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, China Economy, News, China Politics, Business, Film, Shenzhen

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week on Sinica, Kaiser and Jeremy chat with Leland Lazarus, an American diplomat stationed in Barbados. Leland is a China specialist, and the conversation focuses on the U.S. response to growing Chinese influence in the Caribbean — an area that the U.S. has long considered its backyard, and a region that is home to many of the states that still maintain diplomatic relations with the Republic of China or Taiwan.

7:41: Beijing’s diplomatic aspirations

12:28: How China is getting involved in island economies

14:17: Sentiments in the region toward Chinese investment

23:53: Taiwanese and Chinese diplomatic recognition

34:13: COVID-19 and the impact on American and Chinese influence in the region

Recommendations:

Jeremy: Secrets of Snakes: The Science Beyond the Myths, by David A. Steen. He can also be found on Twitter @AlongsideWild.

Leland: The popular Chinese-language podcast Story FM, an association promoting black engagement in East Asia called the National Association for Black Engagement in Asia, and the U.S. Foreign Service — check out career options here.

Kaiser: A Beijing-based folk metal band called Chǔgē 楚歌 (Songs of Chu).

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Cynical Podcast, a weekly discussion of current affairs in China, produced in partnership with SubChina.
0:14.7	SubChina is the best way to keep on top of all the latest news from China through our daily email newsletter, our website, our app, and our growing
0:21.7	range of videos and podcasts.
0:24.0	It's a feast of business, political, and cultural news about a nation that is reshaping the world.
0:30.4	I'm Kaiser Guo, coming here today from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, joining me from his
0:34.8	stately Nashville Pleasuredome, where Alf, the Sacred River ran,
0:38.8	is a man who dines on honeydew and drinks only the milk of paradise, Mr. Jeremy Goldcorn,
0:44.3	of whom it is often said, noting his flashing eyes, his floating hair, all should cry,
0:49.5	beware, beware, but actually he's pretty nice once you get to know him.
0:52.9	Oh, see you me, con of cons. greet
0:56.1	the people.
0:58.3	Yes, obey
0:59.5	all of you.
1:02.8	Otherwise, we're coming
1:04.1	with our horses and our
1:05.6	weapons that we will
1:08.0	scavenge from Kaiser's house.
1:09.9	I shouldn't have smoked that opium before this, right?
1:12.6	I'm having these.
1:13.6	No, I guess not.
1:14.6	That was dumb.
1:15.6	Okay.
	...

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