June 2023

Localizing Confucius Institutes Through African Languages: The Confucius Institute in Dar es Salaam

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Two Confucius Institutes exist in Tanzania. Their construction was financed by China and they are hosted by the University of Dar es Salaam and the University of Dodoma. The Tanzanian Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Prof. Dr. Aldin Mutembei is a Fellow of our De:Link // Re:Link research project. Prof. Mutembei gave a very insightful public lecture at the Institute for Asian and African Studies here at the Humboldt University zu Berlin.

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Vortrag: The Power of Transcultural Politics Along China’s BRI

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Am 15. Juni 2023 hielten Jamila Adeli und Linda Ammann einen Vortrag an der Universität Wien. Unter dem Titel „The power of transcultural politics along China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The promise of culture in Sino-African relations” haben wir eine entschieden (trans)kulturelle Perspektive auf die BRI und ihre wechselseitigen Beziehungen in den sogenannten neuen Seidenstraßenregionen

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Talk: The Power of Transcultural Politics Along China’s BRI

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On June 15, 2023 Jamila Adeli and Linda Ammann gave a presentation at the University of Vienna. Under the title “The power of transcultural politics along China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The promise of culture in Sino-African relations” we introduced a decidedly (trans)cultural perspective on the BRI and its reciprocal relations in so-called new silk

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Electricity pylons at the Rawalpindi market, Pakistan 2022.

Pakistan-China BRI-CPEC Relations: The Impact and Challenges of Electricity Production, Transmission and Distribution in Pakistan for Chinese Companies

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Pakistan desperately needed investments in its energy sector because constant electricity blackouts and load shedding were gradually crippling its economy. The 2015 launch of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which is part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) brought hope to 236 million Pakistanis who make up the world’s fifth largest nation by population. Chinese companies increased electricity production through many new power production projects.

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Podiumsdiskussion: China Connecting People? A Transregional Inquiry into Infrastructural Dis/connections in Africa and Eurasia

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Durch Chinas globales Engagement im Infrastrukturbereich entstehen zahlreiche Verbindungswege, Straßen und Initiativen. Unzählige Häfen, Autobahnen und Eisenbahnstrecken werden gebaut, umgebaut und saniert, um die Menschen in Asien mit Afrika und Europa zu verbinden und einen reibungslosen Handel und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung zu ermöglichen. In dieser transregionalen Diskussionsrunde bringen wir diese Bestrebungen auf den Boden der Tatsachen

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Podium Discussion: China Connecting People? A Transregional Inquiry into Infrastructural Dis/connections in Africa and Eurasia

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Belts, roads and initiatives – in plural – are being forged through China’s global infrastructural engagement. Countless ports, highways and railways are constructed, reconstructed and rehabilitated for connecting people in Asia with Africa and Europe for seamless trade and economic development. In this transregional roundtable, we bring these aspirations down to earth. We trace emerging

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Dr. Beril Ocaklı

Gastvortrag: Dr. Beril Ocaklı on Re/searching Connections: Geopolitics and Poetics of the BRI Infrastructure in Eurasia

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Ein Jahrzehnt später beschäftigt China mit seiner Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) weiterhin die Gemüter und die politische Geografie. Die vor zehn Jahren auf dem Campus der Nazarbayev-Universität in Astana, Kasachstan, vorgestellte BRI ist nach wie vor ein beispielloses Unterfangen, Menschen und Orte in Asien durch vielfältige groß angelegte Infrastrukturprojekte nahtlos mit Afrika und Europa

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Dr. Beril Ocaklı

Guest Lecture: Dr. Beril Ocaklı on Re/searching Connections: Geopolitics and Poetics of the BRI Infrastructure in Eurasia

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A decade on, China through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues to occupy minds and political geographies. Unveiled a decade ago at the Nazarbayev University Campus in Astana, Kazakhstan, the BRI remains an unprecedented undertaking for seamlessly interconnecting people and places in Asia with Africa and Europe through multifarious large-scale infrastructure. Drawing on published

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