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Zhang Yichen: Chinese cities cannot replace HK as a financial hub
If Hong Kong loses its status as one of Asia’s top financial centers, it would be disastrous for the Asian financial hub, said the founder and chief executive officer of Citic Capital. There is “no lack of competition for financial centers,” said Zhang Yichen, who is also chairman at the investment firm — a Hong Kong-based alternative investment arm of the Chinese financial conglomerate Citic Group.
September 22 , 2019 -
Laurence Brahm: China’s 70 years evolution through innovation
In 1949, the Communist Party of China won an epic civil war against the Kuomintang and established the People's Republic of China. It came to power on a popular mandate: reforming agriculture so people could become self-sufficient, create jobs for massive populations displaced by civil war and Japanese invasion and bring China from underdevelopment to industrialization. This was no easy task for the leadership. Moreover, the leadership had spent their lives fighting a revolution and then a civil war. They were not trained economists or industrialists.
September 20 , 2019 -
Wang Huiyao: Time for China to consider joining the CPTPP
Under the impact of anti-globalization trends like populism and trade protectionism, promoting regional economic integration has become an important path for countries to seek international cooperation. After the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) made substantive progress, it is now time for China to consider joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
September 19 , 2019 -
Su Hao: Japan needs to balance alliance with a US amid China’s rise
Japan is regarded as a maritime country whose strategic security depends on the US. Sometimes Japan's policy is oriented by continental strategy; sometimes it is oriented by maritime strategy; and sometimes the country emphasizes both aspects.
September 19 , 2019 -
Laurence Brahm: Foreign policy truly win-win in nature
Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China has adopted a foreign policy that reflects the changing times, promotes international trade, and is conducive to maintaining global peace and stability. In recent decades, China's foreign policy has focused on business and cooperation, and shared economic values.
September 17 , 2019 -
Zamir Ahmed Awan: ‘Trilateral diplomacy’ prevails at China-Pak-Afg meeting
At a critical moment when the US canceled the “peace process” in Afghanistan, a trilateral meeting was held between Afghanistan, China and Pakistan, on Sept 7 in Islamabad. It is the third round of trilateral talks focusing on regional peace, cooperation, stability and friendship between the three countries, all of which share borders.
September 10 , 2019 -
Laurence Brahm: China’s monetary policy seen in 70-year perspective
I will never forget the day I arrived in China in 1981 in late spring. On that first moment on a hot spring day, the equation of China's future currency evolution and monetary policy would be spelled out in a single equation of simple events that would occur that afternoon.
September 09 , 2019
