
The China-Global South Podcast
Hosted by Eric Olander and Eric and Cobus van Staden · The China-Global South Project
4.9from 34 ratings
- 188
- Episodes
- 29
- Transcribed
- 34
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 2M
- YouTube views
About The China-Global South Podcast
A weekly discussion on Chinese engagement in the developing world from the news team of The China-Global South Project (CGSP). Join hosts Eric Olander in Vietnam and Cobus van Staden in South Africa for insightful interviews with scholars, analysts, and journalists from around the world. You'll also get regular updates from CGSP's editors in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
- Publisher
- The China-Global South Project
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Jun 2022
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
29 of 188 episodes have a transcript.

22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
After Maduro: The Current State of China-Venezuela Relations

17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Southeast Asia Sees the Future of Global Cooperation

15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
China, BRICS and the New Global Order
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After Maduro: The Current State of China-Venezuela Relations
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] What does that mean in practice? I will frame the most likely scenario as neither a full continuation of the previous relationship between China and Venezuela, previous to 2026. The situation is not even a Washington orchestrated break between Venezuela and China, but rather a persistent gray zone that both sides have incentive to tolerate. And my honest belief in this point is that China ends up keeping a genuinely real, but now visibly a smaller presence in Venezuela. The debt claim persists. Also, there are something like two satellite stations remain functionally untouched in Venezuelan territory. bought a meaningful chunk on the oil and now gold, according to those accords happening in September, which is also a sector that already changed the hands of the corporation interest. […]
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- Andrea Freitas
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- Blake Berger
- Prapimphan Chiengkul
- Elina Noor
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- YouTube views
- 2,247,900
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
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- 4.9 / 5
- 34 ratings
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- 76
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 92
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Eric Olander and Eric and Cobus van Staden host the show. Published by The China-Global South Project.
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