The Heat: China’s foreign policy in Asia

The Heat

China is going full speed ahead with its One Belt, One Road project to transform the ancient Silk Road into a 21st century trade corridor. The project is forecast to bring in $2.5 trillion within a decade.

China is looking to its neighbors (Pakistan, Afghanistan and other Central Asian nations) to make the plan a reality.

CCTV’s Han Peng reports from Beijing.

The Heat spoke with the following panel about China’s foreign policy in South and Central Asia.

  • Omar Samad is an adviser to the chief executive of Afghanistan, and also Afghanistan’s former ambassador to Canada and France.
  • Masood Khan is Pakistan’s former ambassador to China and the United Nations.
  • Ye Hailin is Chief Secretary of South Asia Studies