On this episode I interview Charles Stevens, who as part of the New Silk Road Project (www.newsilkroadproject.com) traveled over 10,000 miles on the "Silk Road Economic Belt" in a Jeep. Along the way he interviewed different local and Chinese stakeholders who are building, analyzing and using the new Chinese financed and built infrastructure. If you are looking for more on-the-ground stories of what is happening along the Belt, this episode is for you. 

Charles' recommendations: 
1) China Steps Out: Beijing's Major Power Engagement with the Developing World  - edited by Joshua Eisenman and Eric Heginbotham 
https://www.routledge.com/China-Steps-Out-Beijings-Major-Power-Engagement-with-the-Developing-World/Eisenman-Heginbotham/p/book/9781138202931

2) The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan 
https://www.amazon.com/Silk-Roads-New-History-World-ebook/dp/B00XST7IX2

Erik's recommendation: 
Anything written by Hannah Ryder twitter: @hmryder 
Specifically "My New Year's Resolution: Why I'm Banning "The West" 
https://developmentreimagined.com/2019/01/14/my-new-years-resolution-why-im-banning-the-west/

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