Author: Nicola Licata
Nicola Licata is an independent China-Africa analyst and international business development specialist working in the Chinese private sector. She has been living in China since 2015, where she has been focusing on the developments along the Belt and Road. Nicola's current work area is in helping a large Chinese company expand into Southeast Asia and Africa.
She combines her undergraduate studies in International Relations from The George Washington University and graduate studies in Logistics Management from UIBE in Beijing to think critically about BRI -- and be apart of it.
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