Plot Summary:The New Silk Road is the name for China's trillion-dollar plan to create new trading routes and expand its ambitions of global leadership. In this four-episode series, Anthony Morse journeys to Pakistan, Egypt and Iran as it tracks the huge infrastructure projects and soft-power cultural moves that are spearheading China's bold new economic diplomacy in the region.
The New Silk Road is the name for China's trillion-dollar plan to create new trading routes and expand its ambitions of global leadership. In this four-episode series, Anthony Morse journeys to Pakistan, Egypt and Iran as it tracks the huge infrastructure projects and soft-power cultural moves that are spearheading China's bold new economic diplomacy in the region.