Commentary

  • Wang Huiyao: Positive future for investors

    By Wang Huiyao | President of the Center for China and Globalization(CCG)   Globalization has come under attack amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as waves of economic recession, unemployment, racism, xenophobia and populism hit during the first half of 2020. Responding to these challenges, China ...
    China Daily  |  August 13 , 2020
  • Wang Huiyao: Canada should drop Meng Wanzhou case, shaking free of US coattails

    Meng Wanzhou leaves her home in Vancouver on January 20, when her court hearing started in Canada. Photo: AP   Canada has the right to halt the case, and strong reasons to do so, given the legal questions around the arrest and Trump’s political motivations. A resolution would help repair ...
    South China Morning Post  |  August 05 , 2020
  • Wang Huiyao: China’s opening-up to drive a more inclusive globalization

    A screen displaying real-time coordinates of global vessels in Shanghai, China, August 12, 2018. /Xinhua   By Wang Huiyao | President of  the Center for China and Globalization(CCG) The COVID-19 is still running rampant across the world. Experts warn there may be more waves before a vaccin...
    CGTN  |  July 31 , 2020
  • Rising to challenges

    Countries must work together to reform and innovate global government system The novel coronavirus has become a catalyst for change. Shocking death tolls and severe economic headwinds have compelled countries and world leaders to reflect on the state of our multilateral institutions. We have foun...
    China Daily  |  May 14 , 2020
  • Speeding work & production resumption key to poverty alleviation

    2020 is the year China plans to complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieve the goals of the 13th Five-Year Plan.   With the COVID-19 in the background bringing more challenges to China’s economic growth, resumption of work and production are e...
    CGTN  |  April 24 , 2020
  • COVID-19 is a call for a resilient globalization

    COVID-19 has inflamed debate about the future of globalization. Even before the outbreak, rising protectionism and populism led some to question the wisdom of open borders and long, multi-step supply chains. Now, as contagion and equipment shortages sweep the globe, it seems as though interconnec...
    CGTN  |  April 14 , 2020
  • Multilevel efforts needed to stabilize global value chains

    By now, global value chains (GVC) in most countries have been affected by the disruption caused by COVID-19.   Hard-hit countries such as the U.S., Italy and Germany have adopted major lockdown measures to avoid massive contagion. Countries in Africa and South and Southeast Asia have also cl...
    CGTN  |  April 09 , 2020
  • As the pandemic rages, time for a results-based G20 remedy

    If taken ill, would you prefer a treatment based on empirical evidence or politics?   Modern clinical trials test a medicine’s effectiveness based on facts and hard data. Such trials are now underway to find a cure for the deadly coronavirus. Yet when it comes to policy remedies, disc...
    China Daily  |  March 25 , 2020