This week's #beltandroadpod is all about #Kazakhstan - @emyxter spoke with PhD Candidate at Hokkaido University - Assel Bitabarova @BitabarAssel on how Kazakhstan is interacting with the Belt and Road, Chinese financing and construction of Kazakhstani infrastructure, and more.
The podcast is based on Assel's latest writing in the Journal of Contemporary East Asian Studies, entitled: Unpacking Sino-Central Asian engagement along the New Silk Road: a case study of Kazakhstan (link)
Recommendations:
Assel:
China's Belt and Road Initiative and its Impact in Central Asia, co-authored by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University and Nazarbayev University, edited by Maurelle Laruelle.
Erik:
The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor and Foreign Investment in Africa, by Ching Kwan Lee.