hello and a warm welcome to viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. new evidence has shown the extent of foreign project funding by china, much of it in the form of expensive loans. the study by researchers at the us university william and mary shows china has that was as much international development money every year as the us and other major powers combined. a lot of the money supports china s belt and road initiative, beijing the initiative to build new trading routes and many of the loans are concealed from balance sheets and with the story, this is the agr pacific editor. in 150 page report full of hidden data, and took root us researchers four researchers to uncover, full of heading into information that the chinese government does not even have about its own lending, namely that china is bankrolling international infrastructure projects, big thing like bridges and caught are twice the rate of the united states and other major powers. in the majority of that fu
concert hall survivors of the paris islamist attacks. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. many of us have an inclination to categorise artists. it s an easy, maybe a lazy way, of signalling where we think they fit in the creative universe. but my guest today defies labels. nitin sawhney s creative output is dizzying. he s a musician brought up in an indian family in britain who fuses different musical traditions. and on top of that, he writes film scores, he djs, promotes various cultural initiatives oh, and he was a successful comedian, too. so what are the common threads in this prolific creativity? nitin sawhney, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. lovely to be here. it s great to have you. let me begin by getting into your life during this covid pandemic that we ve all lived through. you are known as a musician who takes an international approach to music making. of course, during lockdown across the world, that s not been possible, so wh
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