Ep. 102: Daniel Wagner - China Vision

  Today, we talk China and how it is attempting to create a world in its own image. My guest is Daniel Wagner, someone we have had on the show quite regularly. Daniel is an author, speaker and expert on country risk – he is the founder and CEO of his firm Country Risk Solutions. Daniel is also a prolific writer and his latest book – China Vision: China's Crusade to Create a World in its Own Image is out now and it brings a much-needed, more nuanced look at China and its place in the world. In the book and in this episode, Daniel explains how China is on the precipice of global supremacy, why the Chinese government acts the way it does, and what that means for the world. We get into all that and more. Daniel gives us an overview of: Where its global vision comes from; China's relationship with the West and the US specifically. China's "Belt and Road Initiative" and the neo-colonial bent of that; China's very different approach to the rule of law; Its ambitious and highly successful project to control the internet – and some of the dark implications of that; Its "Social Credit System" – a real-life version of Black Mirror; Prospects for violent conflict between China and the West; Cyber security; The internal pressures China faces; Much more Show notes: China Vision on Amazon's US site China Vision on Amazon's UK site Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/countryriskmgmt Daniel's company, Country Risk Solutions: http://countryrisksolutions.com/ Ep. 91 with Daniel and Keith Furst, Ep 98  Ep 69,  Ep 57, Ep 17 and Ep 10 with Daniel Wagner China's China's "Social Credit System"; The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI); "Assassin's Mace" China's moon landing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Like what you heard? Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on iTunes: http://apple.co/1PjLmK Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-things-risk/the-all-things-risk-podcast Subscribe on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ben-cattaneo Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RiskThings Drop us a note: [email protected]  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Get your free audio book and 30 day free trial at Audible: US listeners: get your free trial and audio book at Audible UK listeners: get your free trial and audio book at Audible _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ I'd like to hear from you! I want to make the show even better – please take two minutes to complete our listener survey.