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The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of China's Digital Silk Road, which has become an increasingly crucial component of Xi Jinping's flagship foreign policy project: the Belt and Road Initiative. Over the past decade, China has massively expanded its digital infrastructure investment across the globe. Accompanying the investment has been the diffusion of China's digital governance norms and standards in recipient states. Countries in the Indo-Pacific have been at the forefront of this stretching Chinese digital influence landscape. The conflation between digital development cooperation and digital governance norms adoption has far-reaching implications that need to be better understood and addressed. To discuss the issue, Michael Caster joins host Bonnie Glaser. Caster is the Head of Global China Programmeat ARTICLE 19, an NGO that advances freedom of opinion and expression. His organization has published two reports examining China's Digital Silk Road. Timestamps[00:00] Start[01:30] Understanding China's Digital Silk Road [05:57] China's Digital Governance Norms[10:16] China's Digital Footprints Abroad[16:07] Attractiveness of Chinese Digital Solutions[18:56] Role of High-Tech Companies in Digital Governance[21:44] Assessing the Effectiveness of China's Digital Governance[23:14] State-Driven Surveillance and Censorship[27:39] China's BeiDou Navigation System [31:09] How should governments respond to these normative shifts? 

When Hong Kong was handed over to China by the United Kingdom 1997, the city was given a mini-Constitution called the “Basic Law.” Article 23 of the Basic Law states that Hong Kong shall enact laws of its own to prohibit various national security offenses. The law did not pass, however, and was scrapped after mass protests in 2003. And in 2020, the Central Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) imposed a separate national security law on Hong Kong, citing the city's delay in acting on Article 23. This year on March 19th, Article 23 was passed unanimously by the city's parliament and it came into effect just days later. The law covers five types of crime: treason, insurrection and incitement to mutiny, theft of state secrets, and espionage, sabotage, and external interference. Critics say that Article 23 could lead to even further erosions of civil liberties in Hong Kong.To discuss Article 23 and its implications, host Bonnie Glaser is joined by Dr. Eric Yan-ho Lai. Dr. Lai is a Research Fellow at the Georgetown Center for Asian Law, an Associate Fellow at the Hong Kong Studies Hub of the University of Surrey, and a member of the Asian Civil Society Research Network.  Timestamps[01:47] Understanding PRC Definitions Used in Article 23[03:37] Why was Article 23 passed now?[05:23] Compressed Timeline for Unanimous Approval[09:05] Shift in Risk Assessment for Multinational Corporations[12:03] Precedents for Targeting Diaspora Communities[14:17] Reactions to Article 23 from the International Community[15:54] What are some concrete actions that could be taken to signal concern?[17:55] Do the PRC and Hong Kong care about international perceptions?[19:36] Implementation of Article 23 Moving Forward[21:28] Passage of Additional Security Legislature[22:57] Forecast for the Future of Hong Kong     

The How I Made It In Marketing podcast is underwritten by MECLABS Institute, the parent organization of MarketingSherpa. To learn how MECLABS Services can help you get better business results from deeper customer understanding, visit MECLABS.com/results.I have this dream that I can go into other peoples' heads, kind of like the movie Being John Malkovich.Friends. Family. Customers. Work colleagues.And truly get that other perspective. Truly know what those people think of me, my work, our company, our offerings.Unless my life becomes a surrealist fantasy comedy, this is not going to happen.But the closest thing I‘ve found is seeing every interaction I have – with a customer, with a colleague – as valuable to me, a thing of value that I must exchange my ego to receive.It's amazing what you can do if you just get that darn ego out of the way.So I loved reading this lesson in a recent podcast guest application – “Feedback is a gift and people are investing in you by providing candid feedback.”I talked to Bryan Law, Chief Marketing Officer, ZoomInfo (https://www.zoominfo.com/), on the latest episode of the How I Made It In Marketing podcast to hear the story behind that lesson, along with many more lesson-filled stories.ZoomInfo is a public company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. It recorded $1.07 billion in revenue in 2022. At ZoomInfo, Law manages a team of 150, along with 100 different vendors and tech platforms.Stories (with lessons) about what he made in marketingSome lessons from Law that emerged in our discussion:Varied experiences inform a holistic approach to business problems.You can accelerate your career by identifying areas you are willing to take risks that others are not. Life is too short to be in an emotionally damaging work environment. Feedback is a gift and people are investing in you by providing candid feedback.We can all give way more of ourselves than we believe possible. Make sure the people you work with know that you care about them.Related content mentioned in this episodeMECLABS Methodology (https://meclabs.com/about/methodology)Marketing and Brand: Embrace healthy friction (podcast episode #48) (https://www.marketingsherpa.com/article/interview/marketing-and-brand)Franchising and Marketing: In a world of chicken dinners, be a lobster dinner (Podcast Episode #14) (https://www.marketingsherpa.com/article/interview/franchising-and-marketing)Customer-First Marketing: A conversation with Wharton, MarketingSherpa, and MECLABS Institute (https://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/consumer-marketing/wharton-interview-customer-first-marketing/)Team Building: Loyalty, relationships, pre-selling, and other keys to marketing management success (Podcast Episode #16) (https://www.marketingsherpa.com/article/interview/team-building)Apply to be a guestIf you would like to apply to be a guest on How I Made It In Marketing, here is the podcast guest application – https://www.marketingsherpa.com/page/podcast-guest-application

Today, IWC CEO Chris Grainger-Herr welcomes Lea Bachmann and Nina Bissig. Both work for the worldwide leading non-governmental children rights organization Save the Children and share some details about their work and how they support disadvantaged children. Based on the Covid crisis and the conflict in Ukraine they highlight the advantages of their broadly positioned organization structure and the importance of corporate partnerships with companies like IWC. Make sure to listen to this episode if you want to know which crisis many people overlook and how you can support the work of the organization. Don't forget to check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iwcjournal/ https://www.instagram.com/iwcwatches/ #PartnersInTime #IWCONAIR @IWCWatches

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When Alivia began having mysterious medical problems that landed her in the hospital for several months at a time, she was too weak to work. Without an income, how could this single mother provide for her three children?

Al was used to challenges, having lost both legs to complications of diabetes, but then Hurricane Sandy sent several trees smashing through the roof of his bedroom. As rain drenched him in his bed, Al wondered how he was going to survive all the damage to his home.

Families are struggling in Far Rockaway, New York, after superstorm Sandy. Operation Blessing is on the scene and providing much-needed food to hurting residents.

For more than 60 years, Don Julio has never had a clean source of water to drink – and with every sip he and his family took, they were at risk of becoming very sick. Operation Blessing came to his community and dug a new well providing them with clean water for the first time.

Abandoned by her husband, Elizabeth’s only option was to live with her children in a makeshift house with a plastic tarp. When Operation Blessing heard about their struggle, they built them a new house and trained Elizabeth in sewing so she could better provide for her family.

After spending their life savings on medical bills, a family from the West Bank was struggling to survive. Operation Blessing gave the family a small herd of sheep, which are now helping to sustain the family with nutrition and a source of income.

Lakay ZB Resto Plus is the latest project at the Operation Blessing-supported Zanmi Beni Children’s Home in Haiti. The profits from the new venture are used to help support the more than 60 orphaned and abandoned children through aquaculture projects that provide a source of nutritious fish for the children. Watch how lives are being changed.

Haiti's hope for the future starts young.  For the children in Medan Belize, education is key to developing and improving their village, but there wasn't a school nearby.  Because they are some of the poorest children in Haiti, they were left without access to education.  So Operation Blessing built a school in the village that allows over 60 children to receive a good education. See how it's making an impact in the student's lives.

After his wife abandoned him, Alberto struggled to care for their six children in a shanty covered with plastic. How could they hope to survive now that Alberto lost his job?

After four-year-old Xiamara almost drowned in an open well, her terrified mother wondered—would it happen again?

After a stray bullet killed her sister, Alma took in her sister’s two children. Already stretched to provide for her own children, how could this single mother possibly support two more?

Jose Rodriguez needed to turn his life around. See how the food pantry Operation Blessing partners help support became the turning point in Jose's life.

Operation Blessing celebrates opening of a new major food and relief distribution center, now the newest staging point for transfers of millions of pounds of donated food and relief aid from the Southeast to the Southwest, and also serves as a regional headquarters for domestic disaster relief efforts. Make a donation to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB

Two-time GRAMMY winner, Robert Mirabal, lives with his family at the foot of sacred Taos Mountain in northern New Mexico.Maintaining a traditional life, keeping the centuries-old customs of the Taos Pueblo people, Robert has been described as a Native American "Renaissance man" - musician, composer, painter, master craftsman,poet, actor, screenwriter, horseman and farmer - and travels extensively playing his music all over the world. PO Box 641     - Taos, New Mexico   87571 - Email - 575-758-4099   Sarah Fennel  is the  founder/CEO of Restore Humanity is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to bettering the lives of the less fortunate around the world. It was established September 6, 2006 in the town of Fayetteville Arkansas by . Restore Humanity is an organization  tax-exempt under section 501 ( c) (3) of the IRC.

Every day, Esther walked 10 hours a day to get water for her family - bearing the heavy weight on her forehead and neck. Now, thanks to a partnership between Operation Blessing and Greif, she has a new well in her village and a specially designed backpack that efficiently distributes the weight of the water. Make a donation to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB

Every day, Esther walked 10 hours a day to get water for her family - bearing the heavy weight on her forehead and neck. Now, thanks to a partnership between Operation Blessing and Greif, she has a new well in her village and a specially designed backpack that efficiently distributes the weight of the water. Make a donation to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB

Operation Blessing's newest major distribution center opens in Grand Prairie, Texas, this week, loaded with food and ready to bless the hungry. Make a donation to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB

Eight-year-old Angel loved to help his father on the farm until a severe hernia left the little boy in severe pain day and night. Learn how Angel’s pain was taken away. Make a donation to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB

After seeing desperate Kenyan women digging for water out of a dry river bed, Operation Blessing teams work to provide a much-needed solution for this drought-stricken village. Donate to OBI: http://bit.ly/donate2OB

Growing up as an orphan and an Ethiopian Jew, Dahnay has always longed to return to his homeland of Israel with his wife and children. See how Operation Blessing is helping Dahnay and other families fulfill their dream. Donate to OBI: http://bit.ly/donate2OB

Michael works hard to provide for 3 generations of his family, but over the last few years he became blind in his left eye and now his vision was quickly fading in his right eye. See how Operation Blessing helped give him new sight. Donate to OBI: http://bit.ly/donate2OB

With less than 48 hours to evacuate her tornado-damaged apartment building and no family nearby to call on for help, Maria was running out of time and options. See how a team of volunteers from Operation Blessing came to her rescue just in time. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

Operation Blessing disaster relief teams are ready to coordinate volunteer teams of 2 or more to help the affected citizens of Lancaster, TX clean up from the devastating tornadoes that struck two days ago. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

Operation Blessing volunteers share their story about making a difference. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

See how Operation Blessing helped the Burkalow family with an Extreme Blessing, shortly after the tornadoes that ripped through Harrisburg, Illinois. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

Victims share their gratefulness for Operation Blessing's help after the EF3 Texas tornado devastated their community on April 3, 2012. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

Operation Blessing disaster relief teams are ready to coordinate volunteer teams of 2 or more to help the affected citizens of Lancaster, TX clean up from the devastating tornadoes that struck two days ago. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

Operation Blessing disaster relief teams are on the ground in Dallas-Fort Worth to provide aid to residents whose homes were damaged when a swarm of tornadoes tore through the heavily populated region.. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

Thousands of fishing boats were lost during the tsunami in Japan; now, Operation Blessing is helping fishermen regain their livelihoods by replacing their boats. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

Operation Blessing is jumpstarting an industry in Haiti by providing ornamental tropical fish. See how OBI is preparing to equip small business owners in the western hemisphere's poorest country. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

See Operation Blessing's hunger relief programs are making a difference for the hungry in San Antonio, Texas, specifically in the life of Chris Robertson. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

See Operation Blessing's hunger relief programs are making a difference for the hungry in San Antonio, Texas, specifically in the life of Chris Robertson. Extended version. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

He loved the poor and made it his life mission to bless others. Please join us in honoring the life of Operation Blessing's Director of International Operations and beloved friend, Kumar Periasamy.

Operation Blessing disaster relief teams are providing aid to residents in the heart of the Midwest in response to two deadly storm systems that spawned tornadoes across 17 states. See how they are helping in Harrisburg, IL. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

Exactly one year ago, a devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake and massive tsunami tore apart countless coastal cities in Japan, changing lives forever. Today, we want to remember those who are still recovering and thank you for the incredible impact you have already made in their lives. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

Operation Blessing helps a young mother get a new home after her previous one was destroyed by a tornado in Harrisburg, Illinois. Donate Now to Operation Blessing: http://bit.ly/donate2OB Learn more about our projects: http://bit.ly/ObiLearnMore

Many children in America go hungry. For some, the only food they get comes on school days. On the weekends, there’s nothing. See how Operation Blessing helped. Learn more about our projects: www.operationblessing.org

Finances were already tight for Christy’s family, but when her husband broke his leg and couldn’t work, life became desperate. With no money for groceries, where could they find help in their small Texas town? Learn more about our projects: www.operationblessing.org

The river that Valeria and other villagers used was dangerous in more than one way: besides being unhealthy to drink, the water was so dirty that Valeria’s daughter had almost drowned before her mother saw her child under the murky water. Could they ever have safe water? Learn more about our projects: www.operationblessing.org

After fires in Haifa forced Hagit and her little girl Neria to evacuate from their kibbutz, they returned only to discover everything destroyed. See how the Lord used you to rekindle hope and joy for this single Israeli mom. Learn more about our projects: www.operationblessing.org

When her husband got cancer, Rachel became the sole support of their family of 8. Learn how your help to Rachel’s family has allowed her to reach out to her neighbors. Learn more about our projects: www.operationblessing.org

The stream by Juventina’s house had become polluted with toilet paper and dead animals. How could she let her children drink the water when she knew it would make them sick? Learn more about our projects: www.operationblessing.org

After a hurricane destroyed their home and bakery, Gladys and Juan were forced to live in a tent city. You were used you to rekindle their dreams. Learn more about our projects: www.operationblessing.org

Born with a cleft palate, Any’s parents were devastated they couldn’t afford corrective surgery. Discover what they found on a flyer, that changed Any’s life forever. Learn more about our projects: www.operationblessing.org

Having been abandoned as a baby because of problems with her feet, little Tamarah could only walk on tiptoe. Knowing how Tamarah faced a difficult future in their West Bank village, her adopted mom turned to prayer. Learn more about our projects: www.operationblessing.org