Infrastructural Splintering along the BRI: Catholic Political Ecologies and the Fractious Futures of Sri Lanka’s Littorial Spaces

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Infrastructural Splintering along the BRI: Catholic Political Ecologies and the Fractious Futures of Sri Lanka's Littorial Spaces Date/Time: November 24, 2023, 15:00-16:30 (HK time)Language: English Venue: Via ZOOM (Registration is required.) ABSTRACT This article considers the ways in which the material infrastructures of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) intersect with other infrastructural formations, and […]

Sacred Politics of Chinese Infrastructure: Christians, Buddha’s Tooth, and Dragons at Myitsone, Kachin, Burma

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Sacred Politics of Chinese Infrastructure: Christians, Buddha’s Tooth, and Dragons at Myitsone, Kachin, Burma Date/Time: December 12, 2023, 15:00-16:30 (HK time)Language: English Venue: Via ZOOM (Registration is required.) ABSTRACTHow do ‘communist’ Chinese developers handle sacred politics? What role do religions and sacredness play in infrastructural conflicts? Discussions on Chinese investment and the Belt and Road […]

The BRI in National Peripheries: Gwadar and the Limits of Outsourced Development

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The BRI in National Peripheries: Gwadar and the Limits of Outsourced Development Date/Time: January 26, 2024, 12:00-13:30 (HK time)Language: English Venue: Via ZOOM (Registration is required.) Registration link: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwucO-sqTwvG9C9FXWSkUEgfGqtVLHjanA6 ABSTRACTThe China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is an important pilot project of China's Belt & Road Initiative. Within CPEC, Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan province enjoys a privileged position […]