Torn Between Two Lovers – US, China Woo ASEAN
As the 10-member ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ summit in Bangkok starts, the real action is how China and the United States interact with the trade block. I discussed with Monocle radio:
Marco Polo Redux – I Discuss Italy’s Plans to Join China’s “Belt and Road”
Italy may be set to be the first G7 nation to join China’s ambitious and huge Belt and Road Initiative. I discussed the implications with Monocle radio.
Rollercoaster: predictions for 2019 and a look back to what I said in 2018
Making predictions is fools’ work, but every year Robert Ciemniak of Real Estate Foresight Ltd. asks me to put my neck out for his China Property Outlook seminar. Here’s my January 2019 view, with a look back to 12 months earlier
Truth, Safety and Fake News – Ressa, Spicer and Schlesinger debate in Doha
The Doha Forum and Al Jazeera asked Maria Ressa, Time Magazine’s person of the year, Sean Spicer, Donald Trump’s first press secretary, and me to debate to debate the current parlous state of journalism – from journalists being murdered, arrested, harassed and targeted for their reporting to fake news charges poisoning the whole ground of..
Blockchain and Media: Threats and Opportunities
Reuters Media interviewed me on the threats and opportunities the blockchain poses for media companies and journalists. Watch the whole piece here
US-China – a relationship going sour
Like partners in a bad relationship, the US and China can’t find much right with each other these days. I discuss with Monocle radio:
New Brand, Full Transparency – My Thoughts On Google in China
I published the following in the Nikkei Asian Review here The full text is below: Pity America’s poor internet giants, struggling to add big growth onto already bloated and maturing customer bases! Where must their gaze naturally fall but the promised land of China: so big, so enticing, yet so closed to them and so..
Trump’s Head-Spinning ZTE Tweet Is All About Getting The Win
Donald Trump tweets about China’s tech company ZTE and suddenly the door to corporate death-row is thrown open. What’s going on? And how does it fit with the looming Sino-US trade talks and the situation on the Korean peninsula? I discussed these issues with Monocle radio’s The Globalist program. The whole program is available here..
Now A Member Of The Consultants Collective
I’m really pleased to join the Consultants Collective, a consortium of very experienced former executives who can bring our individual strengths and experiences to clients’ problems in a concerted, logical, simple and organized fashion. Whether a client’s issue can be solved by one of us alone or together in a small group, we are determined..
FIX WHAT’S BROKEN
Here’s a blog post I wrote for Hubii, a company I’ve been working with. The original is here . FIX WHAT’S BROKEN By David Schlesinger Everything in media seems broken. Journalists feel they don’t get paid properly. Publishers see their business model crumbling around them. Advertisers pay for impact but don’t have much idea if..