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David Dodwell
David Dodwell is a journalist focused on Hong Kong and China since the 1970s. He now teaches at HKU Business School at the University of Hong Kong.
David Dodwell is a journalist focused on Hong Kong and China since the 1970s. He now teaches at HKU Business School at the University of Hong Kong.
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The suggestions put forward during the plan’s consultation period offer grounds for optimism for a revitalised future.
The spread of data centres in Asia does not seem to have sparked the kind of protests it has in the West, but good policies are needed to ensure that remains the case.
But while the export surge is an accidental consequence of self-sufficiency and competitive manufacturers, the solution is not protectionism.
Over the coming months, efforts to China-proof supply chains are likely to drive US foreign policy. Success, however, is unlikely to follow.
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Latest Global Peace Index reflects a world progressively less peaceful as AI enables armies to kill more people more quickly and more cheaply.
People are buying air conditioners despite the political awkwardness of relying on Chinese imports and worsening global warming.
Defeated by asymmetric warfare and spurned by allies, the US has ended up boosting China’s economy and standing instead.
Just as drugs can’t go to market without thorough testing, the uncertainty surrounding the effect of AI means it must face globally agreed regulations.
The region’s five countries, inadvertent beneficiaries of Chinese infrastructure investment, then wars and tariffs elsewhere, are finding their feet.
How are Beijing’s successful industrial policies any different from those used by Europe, the US or the ‘Asian tigers’ in the past?
In Gulf economies, lost migrant jobs and remittances risk plunging millions across Asia into crisis.
The US trade war has prompted India to rethink China. While relations might be short of a breakthrough, deeper engagement is here to stay.
As Trump travelled to Beijing for the kind of bilateral dealmaking he prefers, two groups have continued their multilateral efforts.
Imagine China applying the same industry policy playbook for electric cars, solar panels and AI to agriculture and food self-sufficiency.
The changes are structural and protectionism will only weaken long-term growth.
The world’s focus has been on energy shortages but famine and widening food insecurity are faces of the same coin.
New findings show that elderly Hongkongers are much more mobile than most people imagine and just want to be treated as normal members of society.
As Apple marks 50 years amid market and political pressures, the company has inspired jealousy but also admiration for what it has achieved.
Despite current tensions and dim prospects for meaningful progress, Beijing should still roll out the red carpet.
Trade ministerial conference shows that most nations still value multilateral cooperation over the chaotic whims of a hegemon.
The White House’s Section 301 investigations may be less dramatic than war, but they risk retaliation and trade breakdowns.
One of the biggest icebergs in recent memory is melting out of existence. Its silent fate mirrors the neglect of our biosphere.
China is expected to face no significant disruption but as the ‘two sessions’ open in Beijing, energy security is staying a top focus.
Job fears, environmental strain and security threats are fuelling the botlash, yet experts remain divided over its net impact – and our ability to contain the risks.
Accounting for a significant share of world trade, Europe and Asia are far more decisive players in the fast-changing globalised economy.
The US president’s policies have antagonised many the world over and may hit attendance at mega-events like the Fifa World Cup, with political repercussions.
Year-round, multiple intensive working meetings keep the forum an ‘engine room’ of cooperation, reflecting its commitment to multilateralism.
Middle powers are pivoting to Beijing and hedging with new partners as China’s economic displacement of the US rapidly expands.
Whatever his motivations, he’s alarmed allies and made clear the old order based on a benign US is gone, even as his popularity slips at home.
