State of Asia
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -The STATE OF ASIA podcast brings you exclusive, engaging conversations with leading minds on issues that shape Asia and affect us all. AND: bonus episodes with insights straight from some of the many events organised by Asia Society Switzerland.
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Episodes
China and the World: Africa as China’s Policy Test Bed, with Eric Olander and Aleksandra Gadzala
April 16, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBChina has responded to the call for investments in Africa like no other country. Since the end of the 1990s, China’s increasing financial and economic engagement in Africa has led to critical debates whether China can offer a good alternative to Western aid and charity. Its relationships with African countries has also become ever more political. Your host: Nico Luchsinger, Co-Executive Director, Asia Society Switzerland Moderator: Aleksandra Gadzala, Head of Research at The Singularity Gr...
China and the World: The Great Benefits and Sorrows for Cambodia and Laos, with Sebastian Strangio
April 01, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBChina is the largest source of development assistance and investment in Cambodia and Laos. Both governments maintain close relations with China, where its presence is more marked than anywhere else in Southeast Asia. The region is one of the primary targets for the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), with one main line running from Kunming, China to Vientiane, Laos to connect Chinese markets to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Myanmar. Your host: Nico Luchsinger, Co-Executive Director...
China and the World: Announcement
March 11, 2021 07:00 - 1 minute - 853 KBListen to Asia Society Switzerland's Nico Luchsinger on our first podcast season "China and the World".
China and the World: Indonesia and Malaysia’s Surge of Investment and Autonomy, with Ben Bland
March 11, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBChina’s relations with the historically more remote, maritime and Muslim-majority countries Indonesia and Malaysia are complex and historically intertwined. For both Indonesia and Malaysia, China is a vital economic partner, but tensions in the South China Sea and anti-China sentiments remain prevalent. The Indo-Pacific being home to significant global trading routes is not only of strategic importance to China. Once again it has become the focus of a global contest for power. Your host: N...
China and the World: Indonesia and Malaysia’s Surge of Investment and Autonomy, with Ben Bland
March 11, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBChina’s relations with the historically more remote, maritime and Muslim-majority countries Indonesia and Malaysia are complex and historically intertwined. For both Indonesia and Malaysia, China is a vital economic partner, but tensions in the South China Sea and anti-China sentiments remain prevalent. The Indo-Pacific being home to significant global trading routes is not only of strategic importance to China. Once again it has become the focus of a global contest for power. Your host: N...