With COVID-19 pandemic forcing border closures, upending economies and limiting the essential people-to-people contact, two professors from across the Pacific, Shen Dingli of China’s Fudan University in Shanghai and James Wertsch of Washington University in St. Louis, connect through a Zoom meeting
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US-China Rivalry & COVID-19 | The Pacific Dialogue | Part 3
Jun 15 , 2020
Tung Chee Hwa: 1997, Hong Kong Returns to China | Part 3
Jan 02 , 2020China-US Focus presents a special series On Hong Kong, that explores the major milestones of this renowned global city at a unique point in its modern history. Through the words and insights of C.H. Tung, who led Hong Kong on its return to China in 1997 as Chief Executive, it offers a unique understanding to the challenges it faces, and the solutions that are required to address them. In Part 3, he revisits July 1, 1997, when years of negotiations between the Chinese and British culminated in the Handover – opening a new era of elections for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive and legislature. Interviewed by James Chau.
More videos On Hong Kong: A Conversation with Tung Chee Hwa
Part 1: The History Behind Hong Kong
Part 2: What's "One Country, Two Systems"
Part 3: 1997, Hong Kong Returns to China
Part 4: The Hong Kong Situation
Part 5: "The Violence Must Stop"
Part 6: What Happens When the US Intervenes
Part 7: Is Hong Kong Free
Part 8: "The Chinese Just Want a Better Life"
Part 9: My American Story
Part 10: Is There a Future for Hong Kong
Part 11: My Message to Our Youth
Tung Chee Hwa: What's "One Country, Two Systems" | Part 2
Jan 02 , 2020China-US Focus presents a special series On Hong Kong, that explores the major milestones of this renowned global city at a unique point in its modern history. Through the words and insights of C.H. Tung, who led Hong Kong on its return to China in 1997 as Chief Executive, it offers a unique understanding to the challenges it faces, and the solutions that are required to address them. In Part 2, he discusses "One Country, Two Systems" - from its architecture to its intent – and why its outcome provides proof of its success. Interviewed by James Chau.
More videos On Hong Kong: A Conversation with Tung Chee Hwa
Part 1: The History Behind Hong Kong
Part 2: What's "One Country, Two Systems"
Part 3: 1997, Hong Kong Returns to China
Part 4: The Hong Kong Situation
Part 5: "The Violence Must Stop"
Part 6: What Happens When the US Intervenes
Part 7: Is Hong Kong Free
Part 8: "The Chinese Just Want a Better Life"
Part 9: My American Story
Part 10: Is There a Future for Hong Kong
Part 11: My Message to Our Youth
Tung Chee Hwa: The History Behind Hong Kong | Part 1
Jan 02 , 2020China-US Focus presents a special series On Hong Kong, that explores the major milestones of this renowned global city at a unique point in its modern history. Through the words and insights of Tung Chee hwa, who led Hong Kong on its return to China in 1997 as Chief Executive, it offers a unique understanding to the challenges it faces, and the solutions that are required to address them. In Part 1, Mr. Tung reflects on historical events, including the colonial rule that re-shaped Hong Kong and its people. Interviewed by James Chau.
More videos On Hong Kong: A Conversation with Tung Chee Hwa
Part 1: The History Behind Hong Kong
Part 2: What's "One Country, Two Systems"
Part 3: 1997, Hong Kong Returns to China
Part 4: The Hong Kong Situation
Part 5: "The Violence Must Stop"
Part 6: What Happens When the US Intervenes
Part 7: Is Hong Kong Free
Part 8: "The Chinese Just Want a Better Life"
Part 9: My American Story
Part 10: Is There a Future for Hong Kong
Part 11: My Message to Our Youth
Wang Jisi: Work together and avoid Confrontation
Dec 12 , 2019Wang Jisi, one of the leading Chinese scholars of American studies at Peking University spoke with China-US Focus on the current state of the US-China relations. He discussed the growing U.S.-China rivalry and how an adversarial relationship would impact the world. Facing global challenges such as climate change, and uncertainties and opportunities created by new technologies of 5G and AI, the two countries should work together and avoid confrontation.
Listen to the podcast of Pro. Wang’s interview with China-US Focus host James Chau, please visit: https://www.chinausfocus.com/podcasts/2019/0416/18057.html
He Yafei: How Not to Hit a Wall
Dec 05 , 2019Ambassador He Yafei is a prolific former Chinese diplomat who has witnessed and participated in many key global events. China-US Focus editor-at-large James Chau sat down with Ambassador He for an interview on a wide-range of issues, including a global order under stress, the growing US-China rivalry, and how China manages to achieve growth while working to address social challenges.
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.”
He Yafei: Global Order Under Profound Changes
Dec 05 , 2019Ambassador He Yafei is a prolific former Chinese diplomat who has witnessed and participated in many key global events. China-US Focus editor-at-large James Chau sat down with Ambassador He for an interview on a wide-range of issues, including a global order under stress, the growing US-China rivalry, and how China manages to achieve growth while working to address social challenges.
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.
He Yafei: China's Path to Prosperity: An Alternative Solution
Dec 05 , 2019Ambassador He Yafei is a prolific former Chinese diplomat who has witnessed and participated in many key global events. China-US Focus editor-at-large James Chau sat down with Ambassador He for an interview on a wide-range of issues, including a global order under stress, the growing US-China rivalry, and how China manages to achieve growth while working to address social challenges.
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.
He Yafei: Placing China's Tech Progress in Context
Dec 05 , 2019Ambassador He Yafei is a prolific former Chinese diplomat who has witnessed and participated in many key global events. China-US Focus editor-at-large James Chau sat down with Ambassador He for an interview on a wide-range of issues, including a global order under stress, the growing US-China rivalry, and how China manages to achieve growth while working to address social challenges.
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.
China joined the world's top ten most improved economies for ease of doing business
Nov 16 , 2019The 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.
