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Winston Mok
Winston Mok, a private investor, was previously a private equity investor. He held senior regional positions with EMP Global and GE Capital, and was a McKinsey consultant and initiated its China practice. Winston obtained his bachelor and master degrees from MIT.
Winston Mok, a private investor, was previously a private equity investor. He held senior regional positions with EMP Global and GE Capital, and was a McKinsey consultant and initiated its China practice. Winston obtained his bachelor and master degrees from MIT.
To truly harness their potential, countries across the continent seeking to industrialise must develop education and infrastructure in tandem.
The Netherlands’ pragmatic approach – separating commercial interests from geopolitical alignment – once made it a friend to all.
What has become evident is that the US needs other countries to agree to its plans and help enforce them, while China is strong enough to act on its own.
China’s export control regime on rare earths isn’t retaliation for recent US restrictions – it’s a response to overall US policy.
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Even as the US leverages its political power to market its oil and gas, the rest of the world is surging ahead on an unstoppable green transition.
Industrial policy, alongside tech and steel support, made shipbuilding in Japan, South Korea and China competitive. Can the US do it too?
India has shot up in innovation rankings with venture capital as a new metric. More could be achieved if India and China joined forces.
Rather than limit Chinese investment and reduce reliance on China, India should leverage Chinese know-how to become more competitive.
It may be easier for selected countries in the Brics grouping to collaborate to counter the US than for Tokyo, Seoul and Brussels to do so.
Fraying ties with the US offer the EU a chance to rechart its course, negotiate pragmatically with China and improve its bargaining position with Trump.
As Japan and South Korea struggled to reach trade deals with the US, China’s economic leverage offers an example for the rest of the region.
The world is more resilient and energy-efficient than in the 1970s, yet broader structural vulnerabilities persist and could hit Asia hard.
The Trump administration’s war on international students need not impede efforts to create research platforms that transcend borders.
Americans might have to make their own clothes, and industries dependent on imports – from aerospace to pharmaceuticals – could collapse.
A scheme to devalue the dollar proposed by one of the US president’s economic advisers should alarm both Americans and the wider world.
Tariffs won’t shrink the inequalities in US society that result from globalisation. A better safety net, starting with healthcare, would.
The US president is interested in making America bigger. But human talent, not land, is the asset most worth investing in.
While the US remains caught in a computational race, China’s competitive advantage lies not in any LLM model but in AI-embedded ecosystems.
As the US forsakes its role as a trustworthy arbiter in Ukraine, China can help address Europe’s security and development needs.
Trump has vowed to defeat inflation and bring manufacturing back but his tariffs are actually hastening the decline he aims to reverse.
By establishing accessible AI platforms, China can lower entry barriers for global innovators and strengthen open-source collaboration.
Carter’s restrained statesmanship at the height of US dominance stands in contrast to Trump’s bellicose rhetoric as his country’s influence declines.
An inclusive, tolerant Syria and a China-led grand coalition to rebuild and revive the economy could see regional strife give way to prosperity.
The experience of today’s successful economies underscores that competitive advantage emerges not from isolation but from strategic collaboration.
The credibility of developing countries in the fight against poverty stems from lived experience rather than theoretical discourse.
The prospect of sweeping tariffs should drive an evolution towards a ‘China+n’ model, with more Asian countries moving up the value chain.
For Brics nations to secure global reforms, they must build effective institutions, protect property rights and strengthen the rule of law.
As China’s Gen Z opt for more experience-based consumer choices, policymakers must step in to help them support the traditional economy too.
Protectionism won’t bring back lost jobs. It will just push companies to move production to places where supply chains are intact even if costs are not the lowest.
