In the latest episode of Trending in China, host Zhang Yiyi brings you to the 2025 Global South Financiers Forum held in Beijing. Its theme, Illuminating Global South, highlights the growing influence of emerging economies and their efforts to reshape the global financial order.
At this forum, policymakers, economists, and business leaders gathered to explore alternative financing, debt sustainability, and currency diversification.
In this episode, you will hear expert perspectives from Jiao Jie from Tsinghua University on how the Global South’s economic rise is reshaping global finance.
Also exclusive interviews conducted by Xu Zeyu with:
David Sumual, chief economist of Bank Central Asia on the role of alternative financing and China’s impact on South-South cooperation;
Marc Uzan, executive director of Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee on the need for financial reform, and China’s role in financial institutions.
This podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast and YouTube, among many platforms.
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