{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61e8f890f7f6ef001303ed77/6454c906c2f2f20011a7b1b8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"We talk about consumer waste around the world with the author of Toxic Capitalism","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61e8f890f7f6ef001303ed77/1647482773990-7ef782e705d9c4657baf704982336323.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Sir Gilbert Van Kerckhove from Ghent, Belgium, has lived in China for four decades. While working in the country, he led the initiative to build Shanghai’s Line 3 in the 1990s and was involved in the preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.&nbsp;In his book Toxic Capitalism, he shares extensive knowledge on global consumerism and wastage, and how to tackle these challenges.&nbsp;A recipient of the highest award for foreigners in China: The Friendship Award,&nbsp;Van Kerckhove is also the Rotating Chairman of Foreign Expert Committee, Belt and Road International Talent.&nbsp;We ask him about&nbsp;environmental efforts in modern China and how he views his 43 years in the Middle Kingdom.</p>","author_name":"Acorn Studio"}