TRADE
Instances of contact between distant societies during the 16th and 17th centuries often form part of the “great narrative” of the “Westernization of the world.”…
ANALYSIS
- by Romain Bertrand, Centre for International Research and Studies, Sciences Po
INDUSTRY
What makes a country innovative? One of the many ways to delve into this question is via the Global Innovation Index (GII) report, which I…
ANALYSIS
- by Soumitra Dutta, Cornell
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
President Xi Jinping is wholly committed to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He made this clear in front of a large gathering of world…
ANALYSIS
- by Fengshi Wu, Nanyang Technological University
INDUSTRY
In the last few decades, animal cloning has been hotly discussed in key economic sectors such as the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. More and more…
INSIGHT
- by Florencia Daud, 2017 AsiaGlobal Fellow
INDUSTRY
One hot summer day in the early 1990s, I traveled to Beijing to see a well-heeled friend, who met me at the train station holding…
ANALYSIS
- by Thomas David DuBois, historian of modern China
TRADE
Filmmaker Jed Rothstein’s documentary The China Hustle tracks a number of fraudulent Chinese companies that have listed on US stock markets. Despite the illegality of…
ANALYSIS
- by Bryane Michael, The University of Hong Kong
TRADE
The United States’ recent announcement of new tariffs on aluminium and steel has fueled fears of a trade war between the U.S. and the rest…
ANALYSIS
- by Vincent Mack and Christopher H Lim, Nanyang Technological University
INDUSTRY
Huawei, China’s leading telecom equipment company, recently announced its intention to begin operations on a new submarine telecom system connecting Asia and Africa. The project,…
ANALYSIS
- by Iginio Gagliardone, University of the Witwatersrand
TRADE
When most people think of globalization, they think of Apple, Samsung, McDonald’s, Huawei—vast corporations with globally recognized brands. Yet many people experience globalization not through…
INSIGHT
- by Gordon Mathews, Chinese University of Hong Kong
INDUSTRY
The devastating human cost of natural disasters cannot be overstated, and rightly receives the lion’s share of media and academic attention on the subject. There…
ANALYSIS
- by Hsiao-Hui Lee and Po-Hsuan Hsu, The University of Hong Kong
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