globalisation

No one is looking like backing down in the ongoing trade war but as warning shots are fired, the consequences could come hard and fast, writes Tom Pattinson Friction between the world’s two largest economies continues after Vice President Mike Pence accused China of meddling in the upcoming US Mid Terms. Russian interference in US elections “pales in comparison” with Chinese meddling, he claimed, following similar accusations by US President …

As the emphasis shifts from training ex-pats in how to work in China to training Chinese staff on global practices, Helen Roxburgh discovers that, fundamentally, people aren’t that different  Cross-cultural training is nothing new in China, but as the nature of the country’s business world evolves, it is becoming more important than ever. Chinese companies have been looking outward and internationalising at a breakneck pace, and many of the old …

Tom Miller spent three years travelling around Asia researching his book China’s Asian Dream. Here he explains the far-reaching effects of China’s ambitious global goals To what extent is the Belt and Road initiative already benefiting the economy of China? It is still very early days, as the initiative was only announced in late 2013 and its success can only be judged in 10 or 20 years’ time. Having said …

With China’s increasing prominence on the global stage, Kerry Brown thinks it’s time for a new cross-cultural dialogue One of the frustrations of dealing with China in the decade after it entered the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001 was the ways in which, almost daily, the People’s Republic was clearly an emerging economic superpower but one that continued to act diplomatically like it belonged to the middle ranks. The …