Commentary

• 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

• Rocky US-China relationship could benefit from couples therapy strategies

  From SCMP， 2023-6-28  ■ Antony Blinken’s successful visit to Beijing has opened a window of opportunity to establish a more constructive and harmonious US-China relationship. ■ Four principles from relationship therapy could be adapted to geopolitics and help the two sides forge stronger, more ...
  SCMP  |  June 28 , 2023

• China’s mediation role and economic diplomacy: Fostering peace and progress in the Middle East

  It is no coincidence that both Saudi Arabia and Iran enjoy substantial trade links with China. (Reuters)   By Wang Huiyao | Founder of the Center for China and Globalization(CCG)   China’s position as the third-most-favored mediator among Palestinians according to an Arab News YouGov ...
  ARAB NEWS  |  June 06 , 2023