By Parag Khanna Source: FT.com Our obsession with sovereignty is inhibiting the global mobility we desperately need The three salient facts of human life on Earth today are that we are about to number 8bn people, we face enormous demographic imbalances between the old...
The Asia-Pacific region plays an important role in global production and employment through global supply chains. As environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have moved up the corporate agenda across the region, more and more corporates are looking to their supply chains to achieve their sustainability goals. According to Accenture, the penetration of ESG investing...
By James A Fok Coming out of a period of social unrest and the pandemic, Hong Kong is gearing up to recover lost ground. But doubts loom about the city’s ability to retain and strengthen its long-held role as an international financial center, especially in the context of the US-China great power rivalry. Financial advisor...
By Paul S. Triolo and Kendra Schaefer New American restrictions on sales of high-end chips to China could profoundly impact semiconductor, cloud, and AI companies and technologies all over the world, from London to Taipei. Last month, just as the dust had settled on the passage of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, with its guardrails...
The 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), opening on the 16th of October, will determine China’s leadership for the next five years. After a week of closed-door negotiations, new leaders will be announced, which will be a defining moment for China’s domestic politics and foreign policy. What is a Chinese Communist Party...
Podcasts are a great source of information while you are running, cooking, or driving your way from work to home. They offer an easy way to absorb information while doing something else and to learn new things without spending too much money. They can also be insightful and thought-provoking. Below we compiled our selection of...
The theme of the 2022 International Day of Clean Air for blue skies is the Air We Share, stressing the importance of collaboration and connection. From China to US, air pollution continues to be one of the major global problems which affects human health, ecosystems and economies. These 3 activists from China, India and US...
According to a survey from IPSOS, inflation has been the number one global concern for the last five months. Each business experiences inflation impacts differently and business leaders should prepare for a range of scenarios associated with inflation-related challenges. It is unclear when inflation will peak and few business leaders have experienced anything similar over...
“The world is in crisis, and that’s good for the economy”, Prof. Shirley Yu argues in her recent WSJ article. Prof. Shirley Yu is a leading voice on China’s political economy, Director of China-Africa Initiative at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the London School of Economics, and a Senior Practitioner Fellow with the...
Overview A trade relationship between the US and China has been on the headlines for many years. With the next phase of the Russia – Ukraine conflict and the growing distress in the global economy, there could be a fresh cycle of China – US trade disputes in the coming months. One of our clients...
