China is building completely new cities from scratch overseas through the Belt and Road Initiative.

Chapters
00:00 China's Overseas Investments
01:35 The Belt & Road Initiative
04:05 Forest City
07:12 Port City Colombo
09:12 Sihanoukville
10:36 Conclusion

We examine the geopolitical effects of its expansion in the Global South by looking at three case studies in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. The cities Sihanoukville, Forest City, and Port City Colombo all reflect how China seeks more influence here, but also highlight the environmental and socio-cultural consequences that they produce.

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For further reading (and some sources):
Moser, S. (2017). Forest City, Malaysia, and Chinese expansionism: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
Winter, T. (2021). Geocultural Power: China’s Belt and Road Initiative: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
Callahan, W. A. (2016). China’s “Asia dream": https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1...
Po, S. & Heng, K. (2019). Assessing the Impacts of Chinese Investments in Cambodia: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Some of the music I used in this video:
Some Jazz - Marcel van Cleef
Link -    • Some Jazz