Dr Andy Xie, renowned economist, in his recent SCMP article, opined that the pandemic has shown that countries with robust health care systems could contain the spread of Covid-19 without a complete shutdown. Instead of the mindless pursuit of debt-fuelled GDP growth, China should focus on revamping its scandal-ridden health care sector. The household deleveraging […]
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Asia, China, Insights, Speakers
Lijia Zhang: The coronavirus pandemic is nature’s wake-up call to humans who have lost their Way
27
Apr
Apr
In her recent opinion piece for SCMP, renowned author and speaker Lijia Zhang shared insights on the coronavirus pandemic, sustainable development and more. Here are a few highlights: The Tao-te Ching says: “Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law […]
Asia, China, Insights, Media, Speakers
Dr Andy Xie: How the greedy ruling elite failed us, by putting profit before pandemic preparedness
13
Apr
Apr
In his recent SCMP article, Dr Andy Xie, renowned economist opined that the ruling elite has failed us, by putting profit before pandemic preparedness. The ruling class has been ignoring expert warnings of a pandemic, which resulted in the difficult situation the world is now facing. Ay attempts to align supply chains to health care […]
Asia, China, Insights, Media, Speakers
Dr Andy Xie: Three ways the coronavirus could trigger a global financial crisis – and why central bankers are to blame
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Mar
Mar
In his most recent SCMP article, Dr Andy Xie details how the coronavirus (COVID-19) could trigger a global financial crisis. Dr Xie talked about the most vulnerable industries: tourism-related companies, commercial real estate sector and residential property market. He also discussed how cutting interest rates will not help these sectors, but it will boost speculation. […]
Asia, China, Speakers
Dr Shirley Yu: Forget the trade war. Beijing’s worst nightmare is a property market collapse, Japan-style
07
Jan
Jan
In her most recent SCMP article, Dr Shirley Yu shared why she believes that China’s biggest economic risk in 2020 isn’t the trade war but a possible property market collapse. Here are a few highlights: China’s biggest economic risk in 2020 comes from its efforts to deflate the real estate bubble, which is closer to […]
Asia, China, Speakers
Dr Andy Xie: Hong Kong and Singapore, so similar yet so different – it’s all about housing, money and politics
12
Aug
Aug
Dr Andy Xie 謝國忠, renowned Economist, shared his insights on the recent disturbance in Hong Kong. The most bizarre development in Hong Kong’s real estate market is the rise of nano flats. Hong Kong’s developers increase housing affordability by shrinking size. Even these car-sized flats cost about 10 years’ income. It is amazing to see how […]
Asia, China, Speakers
Dr Andy Xie: China must draw the right lessons from Japan’s trade war with the US, and develop its technology
03
Jul
Jul
Dr Andy Xie, renowned Chinese economist, shared his insights in his recent article published in SCMP that China must draw the right lessons from Japan’s trade war with the US, and develop its technology. Stagnation hasn’t done Japan in because it started with a high level of average income and a bunch of world-beating industries. […]
25
Dec
Dec
Leroy Chiao is the only American Chinese heritage astronaut. In his recent interview with South China Morning Post (SCMP), he talked about how he made his space dream come true. Joining the space race: After university, the dream to go to space was always in the back of my mind. I worked for a company […]
02
Nov
Nov
Porter Erisman‘s new book Six Billion Shoppers tackles e-commerce in the developing world and provides insights on shortcomings and opportunities for the future. Porter takes his wisdom from his years working at Alibaba and combines it with views from a tour/survey of digital retailers from Asia, Latin America and Africa to come up with a broader perspective […]
28
Feb
Feb
Independent economist Andy Xie suggests the possibility of a win-win trade between US and China that could “spark growth, cut pollution and improve the world’s most important bilateral relationship”. In his South China Morning Post article, Dr Xie says: The US economy depends on the growth of its energy sector. But demand saturation seems to be limiting its growth […]
07
Apr
Apr
Nick Leeson, the infamous rogue trader, shares his insights on financial scandals in a recent media interview for SCMP. Twenty years after he brought down one of the world’s oldest banks, Rogue Trader Nick Leeson believes the ills of the financial sector are simply “not fixable”. Leeson was the junior derivatives trader who gambled and […]
02
Jan
Jan
Joe Baladi, branding expert, was interviewed by SCMP on his comments on Chinese Global Brands. “Very much like the visionaries that are associated with the likes of Google, Apple and Facebook, Jack Ma is about the big picture – changing the world,” said Joseph Baladi, the chief executive of Singapore-based marketing consultancy BrandAsia. Alibaba has […]
China, Insights, Media, Speakers
Stability will only Return when Hong Kong Ends its Property Tyranny
20
Nov
Nov
Dr Andy Xie wrote an article for South China Morning Post about Hong Kong’s economy. Andy considers that Hong Kong must restructure its property market to help ordinary people – rather than milking them for the benefit of the business elite, if stability is to return. What stands in the way is Hong Kong’s ruling […]
China, Insights, Media, Speakers
Andy Xie: Reform, Not Monetary Stimulus, is China’s Only Choice to Revive Growth
30
Sep
Sep
Andy Xie shared his insights for SCMP. He says that to revive growth China must step up market reforms to tap its inherent competitiveness, while shutting out calls from vested interests for more monetary stimulus. China’s economy continues on a downward trend. The main reason is the lack of significant reforms to implement the decision […]
China banking expert and speaker, Joe Zhang, opined that “If China is really worried about shadow banking, there is a neat solution: turn off the credit tap. Beijing must deal with shadow banking head-on rather than diverting energy to tangential matters such as regulation and deposit insurance.” Read more about it in his SCMP article… […]
“In spite of the stigma, the risky business helps serve the community by providing loans to those in need on flexible terms that real banks can’t” – Joe Zhang Shadow banking is lending activities outside regular banks. Despite what some would say, it is a reputable business on the mainland. It fills a legitimate need. […]