China’s “One Belt, One Road” Initiative is an economic and diplomatic program that could transform trade. In this discussion, Ronan O’Houlihan from Calm Financial Care is joined by Tom Miller, author of “China’s Asian Dream”.

Tom writes about emerging markets, specialising in China and its role in the world. A former journalist, he has reported from a dozen countries in Asia. He has appeared in the Financial Times, Economist, New York Times, Washington Post ​and Wall Street Journal, and on the BBC, CNN and CNBC. Tom holds a first-class degree in English Literature from Oxford, a master’s degree in Chinese Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and spent two years studying Chinese at universities in Beijing.

His first book, “China’s Urban Billion: The Story Behind the Biggest Migration in Human History”, was published in 2012. His second, “China’s Asian Dream: Empire Building Along the New Silk Road”, was published in early 2017.

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