29: The Complexities of a Chinese Dam Project in Ghana - Dr. Xiao Han

On this episode, Erik speaks with Dr. Xiao Han on her latest work co-authored by Michael Webber - “From Chinese dam building in Africa to the Belt and Road Initiative: Assembling infrastructure projects and their linkages" that was published in the 77th volume of the journal of Political Geography.

Dr. Xiao Han is a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Melboure’s Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies. 

Recommendations: 

Dr. Xiao Han: 

1. Cooking - COVID has all of us anxious, finding time to cook and bake goods is relaxing 

Erik: 

1. The Code of Capital How the law creates wealth and inequality by Katharina Pistor 
2. A paper subscription to the NYTimes