I shared some thoughts with the News Decoder website. The original article is here . Here is the text: By David Schlesinger At the beginning of March, as the coronavirus crisis began to ravage Italy, Rome’s ambassador to the European Union wrote pointedly on the Politico news site that only a far-away friend, well outside..
I’m leading a webinar on leadership during the Corona virus crisis on March 27. It’s free to participate in, but registration is required. Here are the details: registration is here:
Here are some thoughts I had on the management challenges posed by the new virus, published in Biznology Managing In The New Normal By David Schlesinger COVID-19 may be a new, scary name in medicine, but for managers, it represents a whole new playbook as well. Travel budgets – cut Meetings and conferences – canceled..
ChinaFile asked me and some other China people for our predictions about the coming year. This was mine: “Backlash” is the word for China in 2020. Engagement, progress, friendship, admiration, prosperity—the arc of change for China has moved, with the horrific exception of Tiananmen and its aftermath, in a steady, consistent, and predictable direction. Until..
What does the announced “Phase One” trade deal between China and the US really mean? Monocle radio spoke with former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and me.
Who’s standing up for the Uyghurs?: The treatment of the Uyghur people in China’s far west Xinjiang region has been condemned by journalists but overseas governments have largely remained silent. Has China become too powerful to criticise or does the international community simply not care? Andrew Mueller from Monocle Radio’s Foreign Desk program is joined..
Hong Kong’s chaos continues as its leader uses an old British colonial law to repress civil liberties and try to unmask its rioters/protesters – I discuss with Monocle radio
I contributed some thoughts on flags, symbolism, protests and causes that are in the eye of the beholder to News Decoder . Here is my article: By David Schlesinger What does it mean when protestors halfway around the world sing your national anthem? Or wave your flag? Or burn your flag? Or appropriate a symbol..
I discuss the latest diplomatic and political moves with Monocle radio
I contributed this to China File. The full conversation is here. By David Schlesinger “The dragon must have two eyes.” This was the inevitable, hopeful refrain whenever I interviewed Hong Kong businessmen in the 1980s, during the long and tortured handover negotiations. Their point was that while Shanghai might flourish, Hong Kong’s sophistication and internationalism..