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Chinese Tech Companies Face US Ban
This is perhaps not the best time to confront China. The corona pandemic is far from over and its effects on global markets has only begun to reverberate. An economic depression may well be in the making. Not that the
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Jenny Lee, Managing Partner of GGV Capital: ‘Geek’ Mentality Coupled with Passion for Disruption Makes a Neat Niche
The Forbes Global 100 VC Midas list ranks the world’s best dealmakers in hi-tech and life science venture capital investors. Jenny Lee has made it to number 10 — the highest-ever female ranking. The managing partner of GGV Capital, Shanghai,
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The Right Side of History: Germany Occupies the Moral High Ground
The latest annual Gallup poll on the standing of nations seems to indicate that President Donald Trump has failed to Make American Great Again. The survey found that Germany remains the world’s most admired country with the US, China, and
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Otaviano Canuto: Economic Recovery From the Pandemic May Come to Resemble a Square Root
Signs of recovery in various parts of the global economy started in May, after the depressive dip imposed by Covid-19. They emerged after the easing of restrictions on mobility and reflected policies of flattening the recession curve (income transfers to
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Global Markets Stall as Future Remains Uncertain
In this era of big and bigger numbers, the size of the US budget deficit – $864 billion in June – dwarfs all else. In a single month, the US Treasury overspent about the same amount as the entire post-corona
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Rishi Sunak: The Safest Pair of Hands for Mission Impossible
The Tory chancellor who’s splashing the cash, Rishi Sunak, is widely regarded as the man for the moment. But how far will he go, and can he pull off the Herculean feat of leading the UK to prosperity in the
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Saying No to China
What had originally been announced as a series of conferences followed by a high profile summit in Leipzig to seal and celebrate a landmark investment agreement between the European Union and China, was downgraded to an online chat between EU
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Lessons from China
For the first time in nearly half a century China’s economy has stopped growing. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported a 6.8 percent drop in economic output over the first quarter of the year. Retail sales were down by
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Raining on China’s Parade
Sensing a unique opportunity to take a shortcut to the global top spot, China is putting in a sustained effort to turn tragedy into triumph and expand its standing and reach in the wake of the pandemic. The Chinese government
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Smoke and Mirrors Line the Fringes of the Pandemic
Luigi di Maio owes his rapid ascendancy in Italian politics to an almost virulent display of Euroscepticism. It propelled the former drinks vendor at the Naples San Paolo football stadium to a top spot in his country’s notoriously vicious political
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