Commentary

• Wang Huiyao: More face-to-face interaction needed with Asian countries seeking a “third way” out of the US-China rivalry

  From SCMP， 2022-8-29   ■ Countries that economically or militarily depend on both powers are in increasingly difficult positions. ■ China can better pursue its interests with these countries by increasing face-to-face interactions and strengthening human relations.   Illustration: Crai...
  SCMP  |  August 29 , 2022

• Wang huiyao: How a ‘G3’ mechanism could reset US-China-EU relations and tackle global challenges

  From SCMP， 2022-8-23   ■ The EU is in a position to play a mediating role between the US and China, with all three coming to the table for regular high-level dialogue. ■ Such a platform could start with urgent but non-contentious issues – global food security, climate change and infrastruct...
  SCMP  |  August 23 , 2022

• Wang huiyao: To mend fraying Sino-US relations, nothing can beat face-to-face interaction

  From SCMP， 2022-8-6   ■ US-China exchanges have fallen off a cliff amid tensions and the pandemic, but American policymakers, academics and business leaders still want to better understand China. ■ Academic and cultural exchanges must be revived quickly; cooperation is vital to address glob...
  SCMP  |  August 06 , 2022

• Wang Huiyao: To Save Global Trade, Start Small

  Bloomberg Opinion ■ At this week’s meeting of the World Trade Organization, members should notch some modest victories to prove that the organization remains relevant.   Protectionism now has a new face.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg   By Wang Huiyao | Founder of the Center for Chi...
  Bloomberg  |  June 13 , 2022

• Wang huiyao: A World Data Organisation needed to avoid rules-based disorder

  From SCMP， 2022-6-8   ■ The politicisation and divergence of data governance regimes threaten to create a spaghetti bowl of incompatible systems that reduces trade, slows productivity and stifles innovation. ■ The world needs a ‘Bretton Woods for data’ to pave the way for an institution to...
  SCMP  |  June 08 , 2022

• Wang huiyao: Biden’s Indo-Pacific framework cannot succeed without China

  Joe Biden at the launch event of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework in Tokyo on May 23: Formal cooperation with China on green infrastructure under IPEF may be a tall order.   © Reuters Professor Wang Huiyao is founder and president of the Center for China & Globalization.   On May 23...
  Nikkei Asia  |  May 28 , 2022

• Wang huiyao: Three reasons foreign policy driven by security concerns will make the world poorer and more dangerous

    ■ The world order that drove globalisation and allowed prosperity to spread is crumbling and being replaced with one based on security rather than economics. ■ New security arrangements can lead to a spiral of mutual suspicion, stifle growth and innovation, and hamper our ability to addre...
  SCMP  |  May 19 , 2022

• Wang Huiyao: Bretton Woods 2.0? Rebuilding Global Governance for the Post-pandemic Era

  “In the first half of the twentieth century, in the absence of effective global governance mechanisms, unchecked forces of fragmentation, economic hardship, and polarization led to two devastating world wars. To prevent this from happening again, after the Second World War, countries from around...
  CCG  |  April 28 , 2022