Ep. 142: Daniel Wagner - The Chinese Vortex

Today we welcome back several-time guest and friend of the show, Daniel Wagner. As you may know, Daniel and I have been doing a series on Covid19. This time however, we talk China and specifically, the focus of Daniel's latest book The Chinese Vortex – The Belt and Road Initiative and Its Impact on the World. As you will hear the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a set of large infrastructure projects that China has been using to extend its influence on the world. It is an extension of China's tremendous and growing power. As you will also hear all is not as it seems with the BRI, nor is all as it was intended. In fact, the BRI is an insightful prism through which to understand not only China's place in the world, how it views the world, but also its weaknesses. We cover a lot in this episode, including: The origins of the BRI and its objectives; So-called "debt trap diplomacy"; How BRI projects are received; China's export of authoritarianism; China, the BRI and Covid19; How China views the upcoming US elections; Much more! Show notes: Daniel's latest book – The Chinese Vortex – The Belt and Road Initiative and Its Impact on the World and in Amazon's UK site Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/countryriskmgmt Daniel's company, Country Risk Solutions: http://countryrisksolutions.com/ Daniel's other recent books: China Vision on Amazon's US site China Vision on Amazon's UK site AI Supremacy Virtual Terror The Belt and Road Initiative Debt trap diplomacy The string of pearls geopolitical strategy Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index Coca Codo dam in Ecuador The Malaysia 1MDB scandal DCEP, China's digital currency China's Social Credit System Daniel's recent interview on RT's Crosstalk Unrestricted warfare Pew survey on China Ep. 91 with Daniel and Keith Furst and Ep 138 Ep 132, Ep 129,  Ep 124, Ep 119 Ep 102 Ep 98  Ep 69,  Ep 57, Ep 17 and Ep 10 with Daniel Wagner _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Like what you heard? Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: 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]  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Our free course module "How to Set Up Any Decision for Success" from our upcoming course How to Make Decisions With Calm and Confidence