In this episode of our student-led podcast series, Dr Ruby Wang, Founder and Director of LINTRIS Consulting and author of the acclaimed newsletter China Health Pulse, explores China’s growing role in global health and development aid.
Hosted by Eleanor de Renzy Channer, this conversation unpacks how China is redefining global health governance, why it’s not simply replacing Western aid, and what its strategic priorities are — from bilateral relationships to digital health innovation.
Key themes include:
• China’s motivations in global health diplomacy
• The concept of “selective multilateralism”
• How developing countries are engaging with China’s aid model
• The rise of digital health and biotech in China
• The end of the traditional aid model and the emergence of new frameworks
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