Commentary

  • Wang Huiyao: How reforming rural land rights can aid common prosperity push

    From SCMP, 2024-3-25   ■ China finds itself in need of its latest landmark reform as the urban-rural divide grows and the broader economy is seeking new sources of growth. ■ One possible solution is finding better uses for rural land and giving farmers the same legal rights as urban residen...
    SCMP  |  March 25 , 2024
  • China still leading source of foreign students

    A teacher shows two international students how to play the guqin, a traditional Chinese instrument, in Zhenjiang, East China’s Jiangsu province, on June 9. By Miao Lu | secretary-general of the Center for China and Globalization(CCG); Wang Huiyao | President of the Center for China and Glob...
    China Daily  |  March 14 , 2024
  • Wang Huiyao: How restoring youth exchanges can build future bridges between China and US

    From SCMP, 2024-3-6  ■ Enrolment numbers of Americans in Chinese universities are historically low amid strained bilateral relations. ■ China should get creative with policies to attract students and young professionals from the US and around the world.   Chinese Consul General in Chica...
    SCMP  |  March 06 , 2024
  • China can serve as catalyst in Global North-South cooperation

        The year 2023 was dubbed the “Year of the Global South” in some media. The rise in political influence of countries in the Global South was a pivotal trend to watch in 2023, according to the US Foreign Policy magazine. Initially coined in Carl Oglesby’s 1969 anti...
    People's Daily  |  January 22 , 2024
  • China-EU cooperation needed to safeguard globalisation’s future

    From SCMP, 2023-12-14  ■ The Bretton Woods system has failed to keep up, so the US, EU, China and other Global South states must find a new multipolar model of peaceful coexistence. ■ Amid Sino-US competition, China and Europe can keep the world on a multipolar keel by cooperating in four cruci...
    SCMP  |  December 14 , 2023
  • From wars to global warming, the world is crying out for collective action

    From SCMP, 2022-11-12 ■ Amid increased geopolitical strife, our interconnected world requires a collaborative approach on climate change, conflict, infrastructure, public health, trade, and more, to safeguard our shared home. By Wang Huiyao | Founder of the Center for China and Globalization(CC...
    SCMP  |  November 12 , 2023
  • BRI’s role as global public good should be maximized

    Containers are loaded onto a cargo vessel in Qinzhou Port, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, a transit point on the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. [PHOTO/XINHUA]   China Daily OP-Ed By Wang Huiyao | Founder of the Center for China and Globalization(CCG)   The Belt and Road ...
    China Daily  |  October 12 , 2023
  • How China can step up to its responsibilities in a rising Global South

    From SCMP, 2023-8-22  ■ Rise of the Global South brings opportunities for South-South cooperation but also risks of infighting and confrontation. ■ China must boost dialogue and cooperation through think tanks and forums, working in particular on ties with India and Brics’ influence, and also N...
    SCMP  |  August 22 , 2023