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Just as the ancient Silk Roads were all about connectivity, so the New Silk Roads are about rhizomatic networks of power, capital and culture.

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Kidd, S. (2022). New Silk Road Futures. In: Culture Paves The New Silk Roads. Contemporary East Asian Visual Cultures, Societies and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8574-3_9

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