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She Sees the Blind Spot in the Relationship of Trust Part 1

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She Sees the Blind Spot in the Relationship of Trust Part 1

Encounters

2019/07/04
Encounters

Encounters

2019/07/04
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Zoon Ahmed, a Pakistani researcher and anchorwoman based in Beijing, has emerged into the limelight thanks to her active and high-profile role in media cooperation and academic exchanges between China and her home country.

Highlights

This episode features Zoon Ahmed Khan, a Pakistani researcher and media professional whose deep personal and intellectual engagement with China has shaped her career and worldview.
03:18
Zoon shifted from engineering to journalism after discovering talent in public speaking and writing
11:28
Right before her flight to Beijing, the $46 billion announcement during President Xi Jinping's visit to Pakistan in 2015 changed people's perceptions of China in Pakistan.
16:56
China's peaceful record and Confucian moral thinking underpin its vision of shared prosperity through initiatives like Belt and Road
19:49
Pakistan has always had positive views of China, and now it's an opportunity to learn from China and enhance the relationship while also contributing to it.
22:56
China's methods worked while Pakistan's didn't

Chapters

What does Lahore’s spirit tell us about Beijing’s ancient grandeur?
00:00
How did a childhood love of porcelain shape a career focused on China?
05:57
Why did Tsinghua University change everything—and what did it reveal about China’s global role?
14:20
Is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor really about roads and power plants—or something deeper?
19:49
Can Pakistan learn from China’s development path without losing its own voice?
22:56

Transcript

Manlin: This is Encounters, a dialogue that brings you multifaceted life stories you don't want to miss. Zoon Ahmed Khan: I was always fascinated by China. And somehow, even though we traveled a lot as a family, we tried a few times to visit China for one...