We live in a hyper-connected world, where goods, capital, and people are more mobile than ever before. But, whereas countries have shown a willingness to cooperate on exchanging goods and capital, the international community has shown little appetite for improving how it governs human mobility – and the costs of inaction are mounting.
2016-12-07
Democratic governments in the West are increasingly losing their bearings. From the shift toward illiberalism in Poland and Hungary to the Brexit vote in the UK and Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, a particularly toxic strain of populism is infecting societies – and it is spreading.
2016-12-07
Yields unlikely to fall as market access cut for developers and overcapacity industries
2016-12-07
Anyone who knows China understands the importance of face, and a Beijing startup is extending that social metaphor to the …
2016-12-07
Largest decline since January as central bank seeks to bolster renminbi
2016-12-07
Private equity firm General Atlantic has promoted Hong Kong-based Erin Chang (pictured) to principal, while naming New York's Aaron Goldman …
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2016-12-07
Taiwanese original design manufacturer Wistron Corporation has launched a US$20 million venture capital fund with Silicon Valley-based Fenox Venture Capital …
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2016-12-07
Pledge to boost party members’ rights follows HRW study of interrogation methods
2016-12-07
Matrix Partners China and SAIF Partners have led a RMB100 million (US$14 million) series A funding round in GrandOmics, a …
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2016-12-07
Sino-French investment firm Cathay Capital Private Equity has led a RMB100 million (US$14 million) series A+ funding round in Yimidida, …
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2016-12-07
Beijing-based face recognition technology firm Face++ has raised at least US$100 million from Foxconn Technology Group, CCB International Holdings Ltd. …
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2016-12-07
As it has for the last several years, Alibaba’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival in 2016 handily beat out Black Friday …
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2016-12-07
Chinese e-commerce website JD.com is working on ways to eliminate the frustration of missed deliveries and unreliable arrival times of …
2016-12-07
China's social consumer retail sales in October 2016 reached CNY3.112 trillion, representing a year-on-year nominal increase of 10% and actual increase of 8.8% if deducting price factors. Meanwhile, from January to October 2016, China's total…
2016-12-07
Criticism of Saudi Arabia's role in the war against Yemen's Houthi rebels reflects a fundamental misunderstanding about the Kingdom's motivations. What drew Saudi Arabia into the conflict was Iran's effort to build a military alliance with the Houthis – an alliance with only one conceivable target: Saudi Arabia.
2016-12-07
Asian countries will gravitate towards China if US influence is seen as declining
2016-12-07
Several groups unable to make dividend payments abroad