View from China: East Palestine Train Derailment and Crumbling U.S. Infrastructure

The East Palestine train derailment revealed for many in the U.S. and around the world the impact of corporate deregulation. The story was trending for many weeks in China as people were confused and surprised by the way that corporations are managed in the U.S. compared to the nationalized and high-tech rail industry in China.

In this episode, recorded on March 6th, we are joined by Albert Wu, political commentator and key opinion leader across Chinese social media as well as Dr. Nazia Kazi, author of Islamophobia, Race and Global Politics, and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Stockton University in New Jersey.

Overlap is a global conversation show based on a simple concept — while US elites are working to build a new Cold War environment with China, we want to do the opposite, with people-to-people dialogue and virtual exchanges that show how much we have in common, and how much we have to lose from a new policy of isolation and demonization. This show is made in collaboration with our friends at WaveMedia @WaveMedia, a private media house in China.