How China's Rise Will Change the World - with Peter Frankopan and Akala

Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History at Oxford, meets hip-hop artist, social entrepreneur and bestselling author of Natives, Akala. Together they explore how China’s Belt and Road Initiative represents a new Silk Road for the 21st century, consolidating China’s position as the world’s economic superpower with seismic consequences for the United States and Europe. Along the way they touch upon the legacy of colonialism and empire, the future of democracy and the cultural and political influence the East will increasingly exert on life in the West.

Peter Frankopan also presents key ideas from his bestselling book The Silk Roads, considering the absence of Eastern history from the British history syllabus and the importance of rectifying this oversight if we are to understand the present and future of the world.

Filming by: Driftwood Pictures – http://www.driftwoodpictures.net