Original Articles
The following are articles published originally on the New Silk Road Monitor Site.
Emerging Markets Daily – January 29
The Top 5 Emerging Markets Stories - January 29 GameStop Frenzy Spreads to Asia - Singapore Straits Times/Reuters “Asia's retail investors, emboldened by the meteoric rise of US videogame retailer GameStop, are taking on short sellers and making their brokers nervous...
Turkey Secures Vital UK Market With Free Trade Deal
The United Kingdom and Turkey signed a free trade agreement that took effect on January 1 - the day that the UK formally departed the European Union. The deal will protect existing preferential tariff rates for both sides in a trade relationship exceeding $20 billion....
Emerging Markets Monitor Weekly – October 25
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 Hong...
Despite Tensions, Mainland China Vital to Taiwan’s Exporters
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...
The Top Ten Cars Sold in China and Made in China
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...
Chinese, International Students Vital to U.S Universities: Top Ten Lists
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...
Top Ten US State Economies vs. Global Economies
By Weiran Yuan A key feature of the global economy over the last four decades has been the rise of emerging markets, most notably China. The rise of the emerging world has rebalanced the global economic order. Still, despite the rise of new economic powers and a more...
Top Ten Most Populous Cities – Then, Now, and the Future
By Luming Zhao Human civilization has been defined by the rise of cities. In fact, the word derives from the Latin term civitas, or “city.” Throughout history, the great cities of the world have driven economic, political, cultural, and social change. Simply put,...
China’s Undiplomacy: Why the ‘Wolf Warriors’ Fail to Convince
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 no...
Has the Alibaba Train Left the Station?
Is it time to buy Alibaba? That's the question posed by the popular investment newsletter, the Motley Fool, published in Yahoo Finance. The author of the piece, Anders Bylund, notes that the NYSE-listed Chinese e-commerce giant "is on a roll" and "the company is...
