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

该项目将通过对与中国驴贸易的民族志研究，对中国“一带一路”倡议（BRI）的旗舰项目——中巴经济走廊进行社会文化理解。这项研究将产生关于驴的大规模出口对巴基斯坦边缘化人口的工作、生计和寻求健康行为的影响的细粒度数据。预期成果包括增进对中国大型项目在东道国的了解。这将有利于澳大利亚和国际政策制定者寻求对“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疾病的风险）有更深入的了解。

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.