Commentary

  • For the world to grow, it requires a strong America and a strong China

    Globalization 4.0 —a term coined by this year’s World Economic Forum— holds the promise of a brighter future. However, it also carries a series of challenges, such as the rise of new power structures, the impact of innovative technologies on the labor market, and the severity of global issu...
    Worldfolio  |  February 13 , 2020
  • Wang Huiyao: Can we build AIIB into GIIB

    ■ The recovery-boosting infrastructure spending sprees favoured by developed nations are out of reach for less-well-off countries that need them most ■ The AIIB has the scope and track record to expand to a global level and help those nations left behind   High-rise buildings loom over resi...
    SCMP  |  April 27 , 2021
  • Wang Huiyao: China’s experience shows coronavirus second wave need not be a disaster

      By Wang Huiyao | President of the Center for China and Globalization(CCG) The good news is Beijing’s experience shows we can tame second waves in a way that minimises disruption through greater preparedness and understanding In the next stretch of the battle against the coronavirus, glob...
    South China Morning Post  |  July 02 , 2020
  • Wang Huiyao: China to continue opening up despite COVID-19

      By Wang Huiyao | President of the Center for China and Globalization(CCG) From Bloomberg Opinion The Covid-19 pandemic is intensifying the most destructive trends in global trade. Support for free trade has given way to talk of decoupling and de-globalization. Tensions between the U.S. and...
    Bloomberg  |  June 26 , 2020
  • Reform the WTO for a post-coronavirus world

      Reform the WTO for a post-coronavirus world. The global economy needs a champion to lead it out of the crisis   ◆ Collapsing trade must be rebuilt to spur recovery. The WTO can work on addressing trade restrictions on key supplies in the short term, and lead discussions to lower tari...
    SCMP  |  June 08 , 2020
  • Wang Huiyao: How to meet the Trump era’s challenges

    CCG  |  December 04 , 2024
  • Wang Huiyao: Effectiveness of Chinese democracy

      By Wang Huiyao | Founder of the Center for China and Globalization(CCG)   On the International Forum on Democracy: The Shared Human Values, around 500 participants from over 120 countries and regions, including former government leaders, business leaders, heads of media groups, expert...
    CGTN  |  December 18 , 2021
  • Wang Huiyao: Build back better vs belt and road- to improve infrastructure, competition must yield to cooperation

    ■ With the US and Europe now seeking to outcompete China in funding infrastructure programmes across the developing world, the benefits of such goodwill can only be undermined by uncoordinated development.   The Lotus Tower in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which was built under the Belt and Road Init...
    SCMP  |  December 01 , 2021