Zhiwu Chen

Zhiwu Chen

Asia Global Institute, The University of Hong Kong

Zhiwu Chen is director of the Asia Global Institute, Chair Professor of Finance and Victor and William Fung Professor in Economics at The University of Hong Kong. 

Articles by Zhiwu Chen

Economy

Could the US and China Have Avoided Escalating Their Trade War?

Thursday, June 6, 2019

The rise in trade tensions between the US and China may be due to the American side’s failure to appreciate the implications of China’s not being a rule-of-law country – that administrative action, not laws on the books, get things done in China, writes Zhiwu Chen, Director of the Asia Global Institute (AGI) and Victor and William Fung Professor in Economics at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).

Politics

How the Rules-Based International Order Took Root

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

The US and China differ in their perceptions of what a rules-based international order should be.

Geopolitics

Trump Won Trade War 1.0 – Will He Now Rush a Deal?

Friday, September 20, 2019

While the US president may want to forge an agreement soon to boost his re-election hopes, Xi Jinping is in no rush.

Money

Interest Rate Cuts to Fight Coronavirus Impact Will Worsen Inequality

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Such interventions only serve to worsen wealth inequality and, as a result, could fuel anti-globalization sentiment.