Carsten Holz's guest appearances

Carsten Holz

MERICS China Podcast

Shawn Shieh

Scott Kennedy

Barbara Finamore

Ian Johnson

Rana Mitter

Jeffrey Ding

Matt Ferchen

Arthur Kroeber

Kevin Rudd

Barry Naughton

Radoslaw Sikorski

Michael Fuchs

Carsten Cramer

Tom Tugendhat

Ivana Karásková

OwlTail

August 2, 2017The Chinese government spends millions to develop the Tibetan areas of China. But what can investment achieve in these remote regions? Can it create sustainable jobs and change people’s lives? The economist Carsten Holz of Hongkong University of Science and Technology has spent many months on the Tibetan plateau in Western Sichuan to study how Beijing’s policies affect local people’s lives. Roads have improved and access to education has increased, he says. But restrictions on travel, unequal pay and a heavy security presence fuel resentment. The central government hasn’t managed to buy the hearts and minds of the Tibetans. Listen to Holz’s observations in the new Merics Experts podcast.

<p>August 2, 2017The Chinese government spends millions to develop the Tibetan areas of China. But what can investment achieve in these remote regions? Can it create sustainable jobs and change people’s lives? The economist Carsten Holz of Hongkong University of Science and Technology has spent many months on the Tibetan plateau in Western Sichuan to study how Beijing’s policies affect local people’s lives. Roads have improved and access to education has increased, he says. But restrictions on travel, unequal pay and a heavy security presence fuel resentment. The central government hasn’t managed to buy the hearts and minds of the Tibetans. Listen to Holz’s observations in the new Merics Experts podcast.</p>

Carsten Holz: Challenges of Chinese investment in Tibetan areas