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Wang Huiyao:Belt and Road needs global partners
The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation created a sense of exhilaration in Beijing. However, although the Belt and Road is pitched as a new approach to driving the momentum for globalization, much of the discourse is centered on China. Outside China, the initiative has encountered more doubters than believers. Skeptics perceive Beijing’s program as a grand vision without a practical plan, a largesse that China is handing out to its neighbors in exchange for geopolitical cooperation - or worse, a rising power’s intention to challenge the existing world order.
May 22 , 2017 -
He Weiwen: What’s Next After Beef ?
China and the US on May 11 announced simultaneously the 10 initial results of the 100-day action plan of the US-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue. We can call it an early harvest. The 10 results are dedicatedly balanced, benefiting both the US and China, with six mostly for the US, including beef, biotechnology products and LNG exports to China, market access for EPS, credit rating and bond underwriting. The four for China include cooked poultry exports, extension of current non-action relief to SCH, equal banking regulatory standards and a US official attending the One Belt One Road Forum in Beijing.
May 18 , 2017 -
Chu Yin: Polls a turning point for France and EU
Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, attends a campaign rally in Arras, France, April 26, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]
May 04 , 2017 -
He Weiwen: Sino-US trade ties ’benefit both’
Chinese manufacturers could prove to be solution to Trump’s Rust Belt job problem, says former diplomat He Weiwen believes that despite the previous rhetoric, trade relations between the United States and China could be back on track.
April 24 , 2017 -
Mabel Lu MIAO : Returnees catalyze China’s startups and VC firms
Experience gained overseas creates bridges that are helping reshape country’s business landscape and economy With the implementation of the Made in China 2025 and Internet Plus action plans, China is looking forward to a golden era of popular entrepreneurship and innovation. The recent surge in well-educated Chinese returning from overseas employment or study is a key part of the startup boom.
April 17 , 2017 -
Wang Huiyao: Infrastructure road to better Sino-US ties
The recent meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump in Florida concluded with both sides saying it put bilateral ties on track. Xinhua News Agency said that during the meeting, Xi urged the two countries to push forward the negotiation on the Bilateral Investment Treaty, promote healthy bilateral trade and investment, explore and develop pragmatic cooperation in infrastructure and energy fields.
April 07 , 2017 -
Wang Huiyao: How a Xi-Trump summit could yield progress
The first meeting between Xi Jinping, China’s president, and Donald Trump, his US counterpart, has generated intense interest across the Pacific. Mr Trump’s invitation to Mr Xi came earlier than expected but the US president has already toned down his rhetoric against the country that he believes has caused huge trade deficits and job losses for the US.
April 05 , 2017