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Interview I NATO, G7 and China I Alejandro Reyes

Alejandro Reyes, director of knowledge dissemination at the Asia Global Institute, was joined by fellow panellists at RTHK to discuss NATO, G7 and China.

Interview I Broken Bonds I Zhiwu Chen

Zhiwu Chen, director of the Asia Global Institute, comments on the case of a former CLSA banker accused of wrongdoing in a bond deal with the CEFC in the Wire China.

Op-ed I Vaccine Licensing, Production, and Global Distribution I Michael Spence

Author: Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair, Asia Global Institute

Asia Global Institute Advisory Board Co-Chair and Nobel Laureate Michael Spence considers how to maximize global production and minimize unintended consequences when the next pandemic hits.

Interview I Iron ore is saving Australia's trade with China. How long can it last? I Heiwai Tang

With the iron ore trade likely to continue as a major driver for economic growth in China and Australia, the two countries might be stuck with each other for the foreseeable future. Diplomatic ties between the two could only deteriorate so much when they were still linked by iron ore, Heiwai Tang, associate director of Asia Global Institute, tells CNN Business.

Op-ed I High Growth Sectors in the Post-Recovery Decade I Michael Spence

Author: Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair, Asia Global Institute

Asia Global Institute Advisory Board Co-Chair and Nobel Laureate Michael Spence sees reasons to hope for the long-awaited return of aggregate productivity growth after the pandemic.

Webinar I Pandemic, Inequalities, Human Rights, And Nation States I Alejandro Reyes

In a webinar conducted by the Canadian International Council, Alejandro Reyes, director of knowledge dissemination at the Asia Global Institute, analyzed alongside other experts how the concepts of pandemics, inequalities, human rights and nation states are interconnected in the globalized world.

Interview I HSBC Pivot Stokes Tension Between Hong Kong, London Bankers I Zhiwu Chen

HSBC's pivot to Asia is stoking tension between Hong Kong and London. Zhiwu Chen, director of the Asia Global Institute, shares his comments with Bloomberg on HSBC's latest moves.

Interview I Hong Kong Wants to Bring Back Factory Jobs That Left Long Ago I Heiwai Tang

Reindustrialization could be Hong Kong's key to meeting its goal of increasing spending on R&D on new products to 1.5% of its GDP by 2022. Heiwai Tang, associate director of Asia Global Institute, tells Bloomberg Businessweek that authorities should be more aggressive and set a target of expanding the manufacturing sector’s contribution to the city's GDP to as much as 10% within a decade, with the chief executive taking the lead.

Op-ed I The Shape of Global Recovery I Michael Spence

Author: Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair, Asia Global Institute

Asia Global Institute Advisory Board Co-Chair and Nobel Laureate Michael Spence anticipates a rapid rebound across advanced economies in the second half of this year.

Op-ed I Winners and Losers in the Digital Transformation of Work I Michael Spence

Author: Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair, Asia Global Institute

Asia Global Institute Advisory Board Co-Chair and Nobel Laureate Michael Spence explains why we should worry less about technological unemployment and more about inequality.

Event I 2020 Economic Summit Forum I Heiwai Tang

Heiwai Tang, associate director of Asia Global Institute, says that re-industrialization can be seen as a tool to diversify Hong Kong economy in the 2020 Economic Summit Forum hosted by HK01.

Interview I Discussion on China's new antitrust rules I Zhiwu Chen

Zhiwu Chen, director of the Asia Global Institute, comments on China's new antitrust rules in this interview with Hong Kong Economic Journal.

Op-ed I Biden's vaccine challenge I Michael Spence

Author: Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair, Asia Global Institute

Asia Global Institute Advisory Board Co-Chair and Nobel Laureate Michael Spence explains that containing Covid-19 has become as a logistical issue as a scientific one.

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.

Op-ed I The Pandemic Public-Debt Dilemma I Michael Spence

Asia Global Institute Advisory Board Co-Chair and Nobel Laureate Michael Spence and Danny Leipziger consider options to support countries that lack the fiscal capacity to respond forcefully to the crisis.

Event I The 9th IFeng Finance Summit I Zhiwu Chen

Speaking at the 9th IFeng Finance Summit, Zhiwu Chen, director of the Asia Global Institute, talked about the ways coronavirus is deepening global inequality.

Interview I China pulls back from the world: rethinking Xi’s ‘project of the century I Zhiwu Chen

Chinese overseas lending has fallen sharply amid a reassessment of the Belt and Road Initiative. Zhiwu Chen, director of the Asia Global Institute, tells the Financial Times that the retrenchment in Chinese banks’ overseas lending is part of a bigger picture of China cutting back on outbound investments and focusing more resources domestically.

AGI Highlights | December 2020

Happy holidays from the Asia Global Institute and events roundup

Interview I Wall Street Keeps Pushing Into China as Washington Balks I Zhiwu Chen

Wall Street keeps pushing further into China even as Washington continues to raise alarms about Beijing's influence. Zhiwu Chen, director of the Asia Global Institute, comments about future policy directions in his interview with Bloomberg Quint.

PRESS RELEASE | Global leaders convene virtually to explore the shift “Towards a New Multilateral Global Economy” at the AsiaGlobal Dialogue 2020

On December 7 from 0830 to 2120 (HKT), as the world continues to speculate on the kind of multilateralism we can expect from US president-elect Joe Biden, prominent global leaders will be meeting at the first virtual AsiaGlobal Dialogue to explore the shift “Towards a New Multilateral Global Economy”.

Op-ed I The State of America’s Disunion I Michael Spence

Asia Global Institute Advisory Board Co-Chair and Nobel laureate Michael Spence and David W Brady find deep and consistent partisan divisions in voting patterns at the county level.

Interview I Hong Kong's economic transformation I Heiwai Tang

To some extent, Hong Kong's economy is affected by the US-China trade war. In this interview with Master Insight, Heiwai Tang, associate director of Asia Global Institute, says to reinvent its economy, Hong Kong will need to reindustrialise and undergo an economic transformation.