Apple between US China Wars
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
America's most valuable $2 trillion company is no longer immune to US geopolitics. Apple's global success is an anomaly to the...
Four reasons why G7 climate finance initiative will struggle against China’s Belt and Road
By Dr. Karen Jackson and Oleksandr Shepotylo
During the G7 summit in Cornwall, the group of nations unveiled a global initiative to help low and middle-income countries...
China’s ‘mask diplomacy’ wins influence across Africa, during and after the pandemic
By Dinko Hanaan Dinko
Being Chinese in Africa was the worst possible stigma for much of 2020.
Africans vilified the Chinese, blaming them for the COVID-19 pandemic. At...
China’s digital currency could be the future of money – but does it threaten...
By Daniel Broby
China is making promising progress with testing its digital yuan currency. It has announced the success of a pilot in Suzhou City, near Shanghai...
China does not want war, at least not yet. It’s playing the long game
By John Blaxland
Talk of war has become louder in recent days, but the “drumbeat” has been heard for some time now as China’s military...
China’s record first quarter fuels strong expansion in 2021
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
China’s 1st quarter record performance will accelerate momentum in China and support recovery in the US and global economic prospects...
COVID-19 origins, science and media, facts and fantasies
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Recently, the joint WHO-China team released its report. Despite a year of politicized infodemic, much of the international media coverage shunned...
Flawed human information processing, magic pipers and our conscience
By Bernard Yeung
Fierce competition between dominant countries leads to accusatory narratives, creating intense but dysfunctional crowd emotions. Flawed human behaviour allows a big gap...
In the Eye of Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 Surge
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Only countries that have won the battle against COVID-19 can fully reopen the economy. Others face difficult balancing acts. Southeast...
Boosting Businesses in Singapore Amidst Challenges During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond
By Faizal Yahya
Business sentiment among SMEs in the first half of 2020 plunged to its lowest due to the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19...
