Italy, China, the Belt and Road and More!
As President Xi Jinping arrives in Italy, I discuss the “Belt and Road”, the EU, Trump and more with Sinologist Francesco Sisci . The discussion, on Monocle radio, can be heard here:
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.
The Trump Asia Doctrine – Where Do We Go After the Hanoi Summit?
The failed Hanoi summit was followed immediately by the U.S. announcing it would not hold its usual massive military maneuvers with South Korea any more. What does this actually mean for the U.S. in Asia? Korea expert Ramon Pacheco Pardo and I discussed this and more on Monocle Radio.
“My War Eagles Are Flying Around The Treasured Island” – China/Taiwan tension at the Lunar New Year
The always heated rhetoric between China and Taiwan has ratcheted up another notch at the Lunar New Year, with China even issuing a soft-porn like military video entitled “My War Eagles Are Flying Around The Treasured Island”. The video, which should be seen to be believed, can be viewed here. Monocle radio invited Professor Steven..
Brinkmanship: Trade talks, Huawei, and future tech dominance
With one month to go before a Sino-US trade war either is resolved or erupts again, I talked about brinkmanship diplomacy, intellectual property theft and the future of tech dominance 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
Taiwan’s Gay Marriage Vote
Taiwan’s raucous democracy is set for a referendum on gay marriage this Saturday – I discussed with Monocle Radio 24.
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:
From Forcing One Child To Encouraging Many Children, China Faces Demographic Crisis
After decades of draconian family planning policies to limit its population growth, China is now facing a demographic crisis: it is growing old, with fewer babies than it needs. A legislative shakeup is in the works, but it’s not going to work, I tell 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..