by root | Sep 21, 2020 | Articles, Belt and Road Initiative, China Economy, Geopolitics, Globalization, NewPost, Original Articles
Guest Comment – By Oliver Stelling In September, China’s Foreign Minister embarked on a goodwill tour of Europe. Expectations were high that he would manage to repair strained ties with the bloc. It wasn’t meant to be. His charm offensive fell flat. Wang made...
by Afshin Molavi | Sep 1, 2020 | China Economy, Emerging Market Multinationals, Emerging Markets, Globalization, NewPost, Original Articles
The Fortune magazine Global 500 annual list of the world’s largest companies by revenue has always been a high-profile, headline-grabbing snapshot of global business. This year, however, it’s also a snapshot of our emerging geo-economic order. For the...
by Afshin Molavi | Apr 7, 2020 | China Economy, Globalization, Interviews, NewPost, Original Articles
I recently met Charlie Lay in November of 2019 at the CommerzBank Emerging Markets Macro Conference held in Dubai. Charlie is a Singapore-based senior economist and FX strategist at CommerzBank, one of Germany’s largest banks and its biggest player in trade...
by root | Feb 6, 2020 | China Economy, Globalization, NewPost
A column by Oliver Stelling, a Dubai-based strategic communications adviser. Oliver has spent more than 20 years working with corporate and government clients in the fast-moving markets of China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The Coronavirus: High Stakes and a...
by Afshin Molavi | Dec 2, 2019 | China Economy, Emerging Markets, Globalization, NewPost
It’s the biggest online shopping event in the world. China’s Singles’ Day — which took place on November 11 this year — shattered records again last month. Some eye-popping stats below: $211 Billion – The amount spent by Chinese...
by Afshin Molavi | Aug 19, 2019 | Africa Business, China Economy, Development, Emerging Markets, Globalization, Indian Ocean-istan, NewPost, North Africa Commerce/Economy, Original Articles, Trade, West Asia Economies
In my latest syndicated column published by Asia Times, I point to a unique confluence of events that can potentially give the Middle East and North Africa region – namely three states, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE — outsized influence in the shaping...
