All is not well in the world’s most important relationship. China and America are at loggerheads over everything from trade to Taiwan. Listen to the weekly podcast, where Evan Medeiros discusses the future of U.S.-China relations.
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The U.S.-China relationship is now defined by “strategic competition.” In Cold Rivals: The New Era of U.S.-China Strategic Competition (2023), a distinguished group of scholars from the United States and China examine the reasons for this deterioration and its implications for world politics.
The Chinese government tends to “bestow” pandas on “nations with whom China’s relations are on the upswing, as a form of soft power projection,” said Kurt Tong, a former high-ranking US diplomat and managing partner of the Asia Group consultancy.
“In that respect, given the current tenor of US-China relations it is not surprising that Chinese authorities are allowing panda contracts with US zoos to expire,” Tong said in an email to AFP.
India’s manufacturing economy is undergoing a historic transition as the country emerges as a global hub for electronics production. Given the geopolitical and economic backdrop, policymakers have set an ambitious target of expanding this sector’s output to $300 billion by mid-2026.
Mitsuru Claire Chino is the Managing Executive Officer of ITOCHU Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. She was previously president and CEO of ITOCHU International, the company’s New York-based North America-focused subsidiary. In 2013, she became the first female executive officer of any major trading company in Japan. Before joining ITOCHU, she
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Strictly speaking, IMEEC is not a corridor. A corridor implies goods travelling from a source to a market over a vast territory that contributes a pathway but no significant value addition. BRI is such a corridor. It is essentially a one-nation narrative – that of Chinese manufacturing seeking market access in distant countries. In contrast,
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Anand Shah is a Partner at The Asia Group, which he joined in 2022 as part of the firm’s acquisition of Dhamiri, a venture that he founded to help corporations align their core businesses with public good in critical international markets. He previously led the development of strategic initiatives as Senior Vice President of Indian
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Ashok Malik, Partner & Chair of The Asia Group hails India’s presidency of G20. He says. India-Middle East Europe corridor has the potential to become transformative in terms of economic development and infrastructure.
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For many corporations and governments, Central Asia has often been overlooked. Known for its five former Soviet Union “Stan” countries, with Kazakhstan leading as the region’s largest economy, the area has been treated like a “forgotten child.” However, that perception is changing due to two main factors: shifting geopolitical realities and China’s increasing interests.
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“There will be strong focus on U.S. support for Vietnam’s development of its innovation economy, and that includes things like supporting semiconductor development, you know, workforce development and secure supply chains,” he said.
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