Asif Mehmood | What Does BRI Look Like from the Streets in Pakistan
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🎥 What does the Belt and Road Initiative look like from the streets of Pakistan?
In this episode of Mapping Global China Conversations, Dr. Xiaojiao Wang sits down with Dr. Asif Mehmood—urban political ecologist, former development practitioner, and post‑doctoral fellow at NYU Shanghai—to trade the boardroom view for a boots‑on‑the‑ground perspective.
🔍 Key takeaways from this episode:
Street‑level snapshots of CPEC: From coal fields in Tharparkar to bilingual billboards in Karachi, discover how mega‑projects reshape daily life, politics, and the environment.
Development dreams & local graffiti: Hear how official murals and grassroots art wage a visual tug‑of‑war over Pakistan’s future.
Energy security v. climate crisis: Coal, rising temperatures, and the “wicked problem” policymakers can’t ignore.
Geopolitics in motion: What shifting U.S.–India ties mean for China‑Pakistan cooperation—and for communities on the corridor.
Why ethnography matters: Dr. Mehmood explains how long‑term, people‑centered research rewrites the usual BRI narrative.
Grab a cup of chai and join us for a candid, on‑the‑ground tour of one of the world’s most ambitious infrastructure experiments—told by someone who’s lived it.
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