3 Ways to Make Your Commute More Bearable in China
Surrounded by quiet, tired commuters with their heads stuck into various and sometimes numerous electronic devices -- seriously, one guy...
A Spanish Silk Road
In an ironic twist, last week’s Silk Road Forum 2015 was held in Madrid, despite the fact that Spain lies a good deal further west than...
The Pros and Cons of a More Integrated World
While Europe shrinks and shivers in the wake of yet another wave of refugees, China slowly begins to open its doors — and those of its...
Electric Vehicles: An Update
The following post was presented last week at the Carnegie Mellon University Joint Institute of Engineering (CMU-SYSU JIE) at...
Killing the Canton Fair?
In the face of a slowing economic outlook, and with less and less emphasis on the Made in China model that birthed the Canton Fair in all...
An Indian Element
Facing down the sceptics of the developed world, Xi Jinping has continued to push his policy of Asian integration across the region. An...
Going Global: BYD Breaking Boundaries
Home-grown Shenzhen electric vehicles manufacturer BYD Motors this month announced its decisive win in the bid for the USA’s largest...
A Qatari Silk Road
Over the last year, Xi's dreams of a reinvigorated relationship between China and the Middle East have slowly started to take on real...
GDP: Outdated & Irrelevant
It has become the most-used measure of economic excellence, a marker for defining the world’s superpowers from its sub-par performers....
Yunnan's Environmental Crisis
In one of China’s monsoon provinces, soaked by an annual average rainfall of up to 2,300 millimetres, has spent the last four years...
