Donkey Politics: How China’s Belt & Road shapes everyday life in Pakistan

该项目将通过对中国与中国的驴贸易进行民族志考察，加深对中国倡议的旗舰项目-中国-巴基斯坦经济走廊的社会文化的了解。这项研究将产生细粒度的数据，说明大量出口毛驴对巴基斯坦被边缘化人口的工作、生计和寻求健康行为的影响。预期成果包括增进对中国在东道国的大型项目的了解。这将有益于澳大利亚和国际政策制定者，他们寻求对一带一路及其对印度-太平洋地区的更广泛影响，包括与动物贸易相关的人畜共患病风险，有一个扎实的了解。

This project will develop a socio-cultural understanding of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), through an ethnographic examination of the donkey trade with China. The research will produce fine-grained data on the impacts of the massive export of donkeys on the work, livelihoods, and health-seeking behaviour of marginalised populations in Pakistan. Expected outcomes include enhanced understanding of Chinese mega projects on host countries. It will benefit Australian and international policymakers seeking to develop a grounded understanding of BRI and its broader implications for the Indo-Pacific region, including the risk of zoonotic diseases associated with animal trade.