by Afshin Molavi | Dec 8, 2020 | China/Middle East, Emerging Markets, NewPost, West Asia Economies
From Rabat to Riyadh, and from Alexandria to Abu Dhabi, China has emerged as a major geo-economic player in the Middle East and North Africa region, and the money trail gives us clues to Beijing’s broader thinking on the region. I was delighted to work with the Hoover...
by Afshin Molavi | Oct 25, 2020 | Emerging Market Multinationals, Emerging Markets, NewPost, Original Articles
By Afshin Molavi At the nexus of geopolitics and markets in the emerging world Our lead story this week is China’e economy: Is the recovery real, and what does it mean for the global economy? We also look at protests rocking Nigeria, the #MilkTeaAlliance between...
by Afshin Molavi | Oct 25, 2020 | Articles, Emerging Market Multinationals, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, FiveG (5G), NewPost, South Korea, Telecoms
By Afshin Molavi “Change everything, except your wife and children.” Those words by Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, uttered in 1993 at a low point in the company’s history, have become enshrined in the lore of the South Korean conglomerate that has...
by root | Oct 23, 2020 | China Economy, Emerging Markets, NewPost, Original Articles, Top Ten Lists, Trade
By Yukai Jiao Nearly six decades ago, in the year 1964, the New York Times ran a story with a simple headline: “Taiwan Success Story.” Even as far back as the early 1960s, Taiwan was widely acknowledged as a rising economic star in Asia, and eventually emerged as one...
by root | Oct 19, 2020 | China Economy, Emerging Markets, NewPost, Original Articles, Top Ten Lists
By Oliver Yan Tesla Inc., the world’s leading electric car brand, announced this week that it will begin exporting its Model 3 cars made in China to Europe later this month. The announcement captured global headlines as it would mark the first time Tesla would export...
by root | Oct 12, 2020 | NewPost, Original Articles, Top Ten Lists, US Policy
By Pinxian Du More than one million international students live and study in college towns and universities across the United States. In the academic year 2018-19, Chinese students ranked number one, accounting for more than ⅓ of that total. Chinese students have held...
