Xi’s not all that: Is China’s Belt and Road Project faltering? – Alex Andreou asks George Magnus

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Tell us what you think of The Bunker in our Listener Survey – five respondents will get the Bunker mug or t-shirt of their choice. It’s been ten years since China launched its colossal Belt and Road initiative, intended to usher in a new era of trade and economic growth. Has it achieved what it set out to? Or is progress starting to ebb? Alex Andreou is joined by George Magnus, an associate at the China Centre at Oxford University and author of Red Flags: Why Xi's China Is In Jeopardy, in The Bunker. • “People thought that the Belt and Road was a very planned and thought out centralised project from Beijing - it’s really nothing of the sort.” - George Magnus • “China sees the Belt and Road as fertile ground to get countries to align with its own governance priorities.” - George Magnus www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Eliza Davis Beard and Liam Tait. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.7	Hello and welcome to the Bunker Daily. I am your host Alexandero. The People's Republic of China is the only competitor with both the
1:12.3	intent to reshape the international order
1:15.6	and increasingly the economic diplomatic military and technological power
1:20.6	to do it. That is the assessment of the latest US National Security Strategy
1:26.0	document. This autumn marks the 10th anniversary of China's belt and road
1:30.8	initiative, perhaps the most potent expression of that global ambition and the
1:36.1	cornerstone of Seizing Ping's legacy.
1:40.0	So how is it going?
1:41.3	Has it lived up to its lofty goals? Or is it in part responsible for China's economic woes?
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