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Wang Huiyao: Connecting development banks for tomorrow
The fifth annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, themed "Connecting for Tomorrow", concluded on July 29.As a successful model of multilateral cooperation, the AIIB serves as a platform to promote infrastructure connectivity and common development.
August 13 , 2020 -
Laurence Brahm: ‘Decoupling’ means one planet, two worlds
Twenty years ago, the ritzy five-star hotels of Beijing were hosting conferences every week on globalization, holding out a promise it could bring us all together and that barriers on trade and investment would be coming down. Businessmen, accountants, investment bankers and lawyers crowded during coffee breaks, and we all felt the buzz of something bigger than us that would somehow make the world more integrated and whole.
August 11 , 2020 -
Wang Huiyao: Canada should drop Meng Wanzhou case, shaking free of US coattails
In October 1970, Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau took a momentous step to establish relations with the People’s Republic of China. It was a bold move – Nixon’s famous visit to China was still two years off, and only a handful of Western countries had embassies in Beijing at the time.
August 05 , 2020 -
Wang Huiyao: China’s opening-up to drive a more inclusive globalization
The COVID-19 is still running rampant across the world. Experts warn there may be more waves before a vaccine is available.
July 31 , 2020 -
Harvey Dzodin: NGOs play crucial role in China-US cooperation
With the number of COVID-19 cases continuing to accelerate across the globe, you may think there is no choice but to throw in the proverbial towel. However, there is a glimmer of hope that NGOs on both sides of the bilateral divide could unite in combating and containing the novel coronavirus. Why are NGOs important? While governments tend to operate on a macro level, NGOs usually operate on a micro level. They tend to move quickly to analyze a situation and take action at the earliest possible moment. They can also operate in matters where governments may have to exercise caution or be constrained from engaging.
July 29 , 2020 -
Wang Huiyao: China’s continued opening up an effort to boost globalization, global economic healing
With the world economy falling into recession once again under the economic impact of COVID-19, China, as the world's second largest economy, has continued to promote a higher level of opening up, becoming the main source of the recovery of the world economy once again. While the U.S. and a few other countries are engaged in unilateralism and protectionism, China has committed to expanding its opening up, stabilizing the industrial and supply chains, and promoting reform and development.
July 26 , 2020 -
Harvey Dzodin: US politicians should stop playing with fire on China
The White House just declared "war" on China — not a hot war, but something closer to a "Cold War 2.0". It's an act of desperation to divert the electorate's attention from the US administration's lack of leadership at home — and abroad — by targeting a country the White House has railed against since the 1980s. This doesn't bode well.
July 24 , 2020