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The World’s Next Big Growth Challenge

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

Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair of Asia Global Institute, asks whether today's developing economies can replicate the poverty reduction achieved by yesterday's.

CGTN: INSIGHTS ON the outlook for China-Japan relations and U.S.- Japan relations in the era of Reiwa

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, was joined by fellow panellists at CGTN to discuss the outlook for China-Japan relations and U.S.- Japan relations in the era of Reiwa.

The US stumbles under the burden of global leadership. The rest of the world may pay a heavier price

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

Asia Global Institute's Distinguished Fellow Andrew Sheng says that the turn to populism suggests the old system of Keynesian spending, free trade and military commitments no longer works for the US. This could be costly for America’s partners.

The Power of China’s Urban Clusters

Authors: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute / Geng Xiao, Professor, HKU

Asia Global Institute's Distinguished Fellow Andrew Sheng and HKU Professor Geng Xiao tout the government's promotion of local-level experimentation to develop green, inclusive growth models.

CGTN: INSIGHTS ON JAPAN PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE’S VISIT TO NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPEAN UNION

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, speaks with CGTN on Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to North America and E.U. ahead of the G20 Summit.

CGTN: INSIGHTS ON JAPAN-U.S. TRADE TALKS

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, speaks with CGTN on Japan-U.S. trade talks.

CGTN: INSIGHTS ON SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS & JAPAN’S ROLE IN MULTILATERAL COOPERATION

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, speaks with CGTN on Sino-Japanese relations and Japan’s role in forging multilateral cooperation following the recent meeting of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang with Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono.

China's accountability system unique

Authors: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute / Geng Xiao, Professor, HKU

Asia Global Institute's Distinguished Fellow Andrew Sheng and HKU Professor Geng Xiao talk about the success of the Chinese authorities' experimental approach in policymaking, characterized by trial and error and constant adaptation.

Condivergence: Balance, convergence and divergence

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

In his Condivergence series in the Edge Malaysia, Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, explores if the idea that man is born equal is a myth. He believes the rise of the technology age has made information and knowledge the creation of both jobs, income and wealth, so those who do not have the right education and skills will be left further and further behind.

Creating the Greater Bay Area of the Future - Opportunities for Hong Kong

Supported by the 2022 Foundation, this independent study explores how Hong Kong's further interaction with the Pearl River Delta can translate into expanded opportunities in the era of the Greater Bay Area.

China’s authoritarian way can rival liberal democracy if it doesn’t tear itself apart, says End of History author

An article in the South China Morning Post covering the interview of Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, with Francis Fukuyama, author of End of History, on the essence of government’s role, the responsibility of liberal democracy on inequality, and the spread of the "China Model" to developing countries.

China and Its Western Critics

Authors: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute / Geng Xiao, Professor, HKU

Asia Global Institute's Distinguished Fellow Andrew Sheng and HKU Professor Geng Xiao say that the country deserves recognition, not demonization, for its contributions to global economic growth.

A Conversation with Francis Fukuyama

Author: Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor, Asia Global Institute

Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, discusses with Fukuyama the latter’s work - Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy.

The Economic Consequences of Global Uncertainty

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

Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair of Asia Global Institute, enumerates the technological, political, and institutional disruptions that are currently undermining growth.

Plane crashes, Brexit chaos, and leadership in a fog of uncertainty

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

Who or what is to blame for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 disasters? Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, talks about how an investigation into the cause recalls the way leaders across the world grapple with today’s highly complex problems, and the comparison is hardly reassuring.

An Accountant’s Guide to Quantum Finance

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

Counterintuitive quantum concepts can be difficult to understand. Quantum physics is now widely accepted for its capacity to explain things classical physics cannot — but its lessons extend beyond the physical sciences. Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, argues that finance is quantum in nature because finance is a representation of nature.

Condivergence: Polanyi’s great transformation

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

In his Condivergence series in The Edge Malaysia, Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, explains how the neoliberal free market economies are trapped in a dilemma of their own making, and how Polanyi’s historical and sociological analysis is more superior to the broken market creed.

Unleashing women's potential

Author: Noeleen Heyzer, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Global Institute

In her op-ed to Bangkok Post, Noeleen Heyzer, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, says that the unleashing of women's potential has begun to transform our societies.

What Is Xi Jinping’s Major Power Diplomacy?

Author: Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor, Asia Global Institute

With China’s foreign policy in the spotlight during the annual meeting of its legislature, Asia Global Institute's Adjunct Associate Professor Yoshikazu Kato outlines his thoughts on what this diplomacy is and how it came about.

Unlike Warren Buffet, the world is missing the forest for the trees, evident in the proliferation of debt

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

Berkshire Hathaway sees its investments as groves of trees, still picked for their solid fundamentals. Meanwhile, Asia Global Institute's Distinguished Fellow Andrew Sheng says that the world has spent the past decade feeling rich due to a bubble of debt and central bank liquidity, ignoring challenges like climate change.

Will Economic Disarray Challenge Xi’s Power?

Author: Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor, Asia Global Institute

In his New York Times (Chinese version) op-ed, Yoshikazu Kato, Adjunct Associate Professor of Asia Global Institute, explores whether President Xi Jingping’s power would be challenged due to the recent disarray in China’s economy.

Stock Buybacks Are the Wrong Target

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

Michael Spence, Advisory Board Co-Chair of Asia Global Institute, argues that limiting companies' purchases of their own shares will not address economic inequality.

Can Trump Make a Deal with China?

Authors: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute / Geng Xiao, Professor, HKU

Asia Global Institute's Distinguished Fellow Andrew Sheng and HKU Professor Geng Xiao think Trump can make a deal with China only if his administration abandons its zero-sum approach to trade and multilateral cooperation.

Condivergence: The neo-liberal order and its discontents

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, talks about the neo-liberal order and its discontents in his Condivergence series in The Edge Malaysia.

From Brexit to the US-China trade war, it’s time to be realistic about solutions or risk massive global fallout

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, says the reversal of globalisation is a major risk to global growth. If deals are not struck on Brexit and the trade war, steps such as competitive currency devaluation could lead to a 1930s-style recession.

Embrace diversity or accept divorce

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, talks about the two major negotiations in March 2019: Brexit and US-China trade war.

Artificial Intelligence or Augmented Stupidity?

Author: Andrew Sheng, Member, Asia Global Institute

Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of Asia Global Institute, talks about the potential for AI and what is happening to AI globally.