Asia Global Institute

Op-ed I Signing of the RCEP I Heiwai Tang

Author: Heiwai Tang, Associate Director, Asia Global Institute

15 countries have joined together to sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on November 15, 2020. Heiwai Tang, associate director of Asia Global Institute, discusses the main features of RCEP and its regional impacts in his latest article in the Hong Kong Economic Journal.

Interview I What the incoming Biden administration could mean for US-China relations I Zhiwu Chen

Zhiwu Chen, director of the Asia Global Institute, shares his views on what the incoming Biden administration could mean for US-China relations and the trend of secondary listings of Chinese companies in Hong Kong at Bloomberg Markets: China Open Full Show.

Interview I In conversation wtih Michael Spence I Michael Spence

Asia Global Institute Advisory Board Co-Chair and Nobel Laureate Michael Spence applies his Nobel Prize-winning research to government's trust problem, predicts the pandemic likely effect on climate action, and explains how digital data can boost inclusivity.

Interview I The economic impact of Covid-19 I Zhiwu Chen

2020 has proven to be an exceptionally challenging year and one that is filled with unprecedented uncertainty worldwide. In his interview with The Paper, Zhiwu Chen, director of the Asia Global Institute, discusses governments’ actions to Covid-19 and what the global economy looks like heading into 2021.

Interview I How China Lost Patience With Jack Ma, Its Loudest Billionaire I Zhiwu Chen

While the sudden cancellation of his Ant Group IPO shocked many investors, Ma’s fall from grace had been years in the making. It is not new that the party regulates private financial businesses as this had been explicitly stated in China’s constitution. “But many private businessmen did not take this seriously," Zhiwu Chen, director of the Asia Global Institute, tells the Bloomberg Businessweek. "The recent Ant episode was a wake-up call."

Remembering Professor Ezra F Vogel

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Ezra F Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University.