During September 2025, I spent a few weeks travelling across China, from Shanghai in the east to Kashgar in the west, and while in Kashgar, I sat down in a restaurant with Pepe Escobar.
Pepe is a Brazilian journalist and independent geopolitical analyst focused on Eurasia (Central Asia) and the Global South (countries generally considered to be economically underdeveloped or developing).
He serves as a columnist at The Cradle and editor-at-large at Asia Times.
Since the mid-1980s, he has lived and worked as a foreign correspondent in locations including London, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Singapore, and currently Bangkok. He has authored numerous books and is a frequent commentator on various news channels.
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