A talk about BRI with Josef Gregory Mahoney

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has garnered widespread support from over half of the world’s nations since its inception in 2013. In this episode of China Trends, we sit down with Professor Josef Gregory Mahoney to explore the benefits that BRI has brought to participating countries and the obstacles posed by certain Western nations. We also delves into new cooperation models that have emerged as a result of this groundbreaking initiative.

Featuring
Josef Gregory Mahoney : Professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University

Chapters

• 1:06 Changes in the number of international students at East China Normal University in the context of BRI.
• 2:32 Behind western media’s accusation of BRI "creating debt traps": some Western countries are the actual biggest debtors.
• 5:20 Figures showing economic growth brought by BRI to participating countries.
• 6:42 A new model of cooperation created by BRI
• 9:58 Minilateralism shown in the China-Central Asia Summit
• 15:02 "De-risking or decoupling" — challenges posed by the U.S.