The new audio feature “Mehr als Schienen und Straßen: Kulturelle Begegnungen entlang Chinas Neuer Seidenstraße.” is released, which is produced by Berlin based journalist Susanne Balthasar. This feature introduces a transcultural perspective of people-to people-connectivity (P2P) on China’s Belt and Road Initiative to the broader interested German public.
This feature is produced in German. It presents some of the ideas behind China’s BRI, links the Chinese Dream to the BRI and introduces local responses to BRI-related Chinese presence and communications in Africa. Furthermore, it highlights why it is necessary to understand the BRI not only from a financial or political point of view but from a cultural perspective.
Within the framework of the research consortium De:Link // Re:Link, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), an international academic workshop was held in October 2022 on manifestations of the so-called “Chinese Dream” and its manifestations, as well as local perceptions of the BRI-related Chinese presence in the new silk road regions. The experts exchanged views and research results on individual and mutual topics trying to answer questions such as: What is the narrative of the “Chinese Dream” and how is it perceived, translated or replicated in the New Silk Road regions? What is the role of people-to-people connectivity in the context of transregional communication? What is narrated and how, what is the role of language and culture in it?
