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Juan José Morales

China’s role in the birth of the first globalisation

Globalisation is nothing new, say Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales in a book, The Silver Way, an excerpt from which reveals how a Pacific route to and from Spanish America made China an economic powerhouse 400 years ago

Globalisation is nothing new, say Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales in a book, The Silver Way, an excerpt from which reveals how a Pacific route to and from Spanish America made China an economic powerhouse 400 years ago

How China can be at the centre of a new era of globalisation

An Afghan man rides a horse past Band-e-Amir lake, in the Bamiyan valley, a key node in the Silk Road that once linked China with Central Asia and beyond. China’s belt and road can take its inspiration from not only the old Silk Road, but also a successor closer to our time. Photo: AFP
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