High-Speed Empire: Journalist Will Doig
Less than a decade ago, China did not have a single high-speed train in service. Now, the Pan-Asia Railway portion of the One Belt One Road initiative could transform Southeast Asia. Will Doig traveled through Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore to chronicle the dramatic transformations taking place. Do ordinary people have a voice in this moment of economic, political, and cultural collision?
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UNDERREPORTED with Nicholas Lemann is a new podcast from Columbia Global Reports. Each episode we travel around the globe to discuss the stories you aren't already hearing about, connecting them to the current news at every turn. From the worldwide rise of populism and medical tourism, to Chinese smartphones and Nigerian Cinema -- On this show, we’ll continue the conversations from our books with the journalists and writers who know these stories best.
