The Belt & Road Initiative in the Pacific Islands (Global Connections)
How will the Games Affect Local Athletes. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Chris Cottrell.
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\nChristopher Cottrell is an Indo-Pacific focused editor based out of Bangkok but presently in Suva, Fiji
\ncovering the current Fiji elections and South Pacific affairs.
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\n1. He discusses his reporting in China and how Xi's Belt Road Initiative is going off the side in the Pacific Islands, and how the narrative of anti-colonialism is being hijacked by Beijing's own colonialist BRI projects in the Pacific Islands.
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\n2. How the Pacific Games for November 2023 in Honiara, Solomon Islands, threatens the well-being and safety of Pacific Islands athletes and their families; and even those young athletes' opportunities for success at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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