My guest today is Yang Long.
Yang is a graduate student from Singapore. He studies International Relations and is currently doing an internship in Dubai!
This is not Yang's first visit to the Middle East. He had an internship at the Singapore Embassy in Cairo in 2018. He also studied Arabic at the Arabic language institute in Fez in Morocco last year.
Yang is passionate about traveling, theater, soccer, and collecting blue and white pottery!
In this episode, we talked about his interest in the links between China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. We delve into graduating in a pandemic era, whether our parents' generations had it worse, "Crazy Rich Asians", Middle Eastern Hospitality and more...
Follow Yang Long on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyanglong
Speech:
1. https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Mission/Cairo/Mission-Updates/2010/04/press_201004_1
Art:
1. https://asiasociety.org/new-york/exhibitions/secrets-sea-tang-shipwreck-and-early-trade-asia
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaisheng_Mosque
History:
1. Middle Eastern traveller Ibn Battuta:
https://orias.berkeley.edu/resources-teachers/travels-ibn-battuta
2. Chinese traveler Zhenghe
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/zheng-he/
3. Arab and Persian merchants in China
https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-03249784/document
4. Singapore Arab community
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1342016/world
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