Tung Chee Hwa: Securing Our Global Future (part 6)

October 30 , 2019

"In Conversation with C.H. Tung" is a new series by China-US Focus that features highlights of a conversation between Editor-at-Large James Chau and Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's First Chief Executive.

In the final part of this interview, Mr Tung explains why he sees global peace as being attainable, and how the international community can achieve it through successful and collaborative U.S.-China relations. He emphasizes how the upcoming generation of leaders must be prepared to fight for, and work towards a more peaceful global community.

More videos On China-US Relations: A Conversation with Tung Chee Hwa

Part 1: Building Trust and Understanding
Part 2: Opening Up
Part 3: Towards a Sustainable Tomorrow
Part 4: Today's Economic and Trade Landscape
Part 5: Collaboration, Not Competition
Part 6: Securing Our Global Future

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Wang Jisi: Work together and avoid Confrontation
Wang Jisi: Work together and avoid Confrontation
December 12 , 2019
Facing global challenges such as climate change, and uncertainties and opportunities created by new technologies of 5G and AI, U.S. and China should work together and avoid confrontation.

December 12, 2019

Wang Jisi: Work together and avoid Confrontation
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He Yafei: How Not to Hit a Wall
He Yafei: How Not to Hit a Wall
December 05 , 2019
In this video, Ambassador He shares one of the key learnings from China’s reform and opening-up – free trade is a growth driver. He believes the trade dispute will be resolved eventually, because the “severance of the two largest economies will be a disaster”, and that turning trade disputes into a geopolitical issue results in “hitting a wall.”

December 05, 2019

He Yafei: How Not to Hit a Wall
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He Yafei: Global Order Under Profound Changes
He Yafei: Global Order Under Profound Changes
December 05 , 2019
In this video, Ambassador He discusses the two major and profound changes that the world has seen in the past century – the shifting balance of power, in particular between China and the United States, and the rise of populism, nationalism and protectionism as a result of de-globalization and rapid, unbalanced economic growth.

December 05, 2019

He Yafei: Global Order Under Profound Changes
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He Yafei: China's Path to Prosperity: An Alternative Solution
He Yafei: China's Path to Prosperity: An Alternative Solution
December 05 , 2019
In this conversation, Ambassador He claims that China’s “two-hand approach” to growth – combining the power of the invisible hand of the free market and the visible hand of government – has been successful in improving social equity and narrowing the gap between developed coastal areas and less developed regions in the country.

December 05, 2019

He Yafei: China's Path to Prosperity: An Alternative Solution
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He Yafei: Placing China's Tech Progress in Context
He Yafei: Placing China's Tech Progress in Context
December 05 , 2019
In this interview, Ambassador He explains why China is upgrading its technological capability, how its efforts have been mistaken as a threat to US superiority in industry and tech, and why the worries and fears of China’s rise in the global supply chain are unwarranted.

December 05, 2019

He Yafei: Placing China's Tech Progress in Context
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China joined the world's top ten most improved economies for ease of doing business
China joined the world's top ten most improved economies for ease of doing business
November 16 , 2019
The World Bank Group's Doing Business 2020 study says China is among the world's top 10 economies with the most notable improvement in business climate within a year. The study commends economies that encourage efficiency and support freedom in doing business. China's rank improved to 31st in ease of doing business, indicating China has implemented a number of reforms to improve the domestic business climates for small and medium-size enterprises.

November 16, 2019

China joined the world's top ten most improved economies for ease of doing business
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Tung Chee Hwa: Collaboration, Not Competition (part 5)
Tung Chee Hwa: Collaboration, Not Competition (part 5)
October 30 , 2019
Mr Tung puts forward that worries in the U.S. that China is leveraging American intellectual property is unwarranted, for China has improved and continues to improve itself, both technologically and in terms of its legal system. In consideration of the rapid advancements China has made since its reform and opening-up in 1979, Mr Tung explains the current state of IPR and why it should no longer obstruct peaceful U.S.-China collaboration.

October 30, 2019

Tung Chee Hwa: Collaboration, Not Competition (part 5)
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Tung Chee Hwa: Today's Economic and Trade Landscape (part 4)
Tung Chee Hwa: Today's Economic and Trade Landscape (part 4)
October 30 , 2019
In part four of this interview, Mr Tung responds to the notion that China's market is not open to international businesses, and addresses the myth that the U.S. experiences mass job loss due to jobs being relocated to China. James and Mr Tung conclude by discussing the opportunities and benefits that exist for both countries vis-a-vis stronger U.S.-China economic cooperation.

October 30, 2019

Tung Chee Hwa: Today's Economic and Trade Landscape (part 4)

Tung Chee Hwa: Securing Our Global Future (part 6)

Wang Jisi: Work together and avoid Confrontation

He Yafei: How Not to Hit a Wall

He Yafei: Global Order Under Profound Changes

He Yafei: China's Path to Prosperity: An Alternative Solution

He Yafei: Placing China's Tech Progress in Context

China joined the world's top ten most improved economies for ease of doing business

Tung Chee Hwa: Collaboration, Not Competition (part 5)

Tung Chee Hwa: Today's Economic and Trade Landscape (part 4)