https://www.scmp.com/rss/273863/feed Victor Gao, former interpreter for Deng Xiaoping, is chairman of the China Energy Security Institute and vice-president of the Centre for China and Globalisation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Ukraine crisis has degenerated into a melodrama with potentially devastating global geopolitical consequences. Ukraine wants to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) as a safe bet against any potential Russian aggression. The United States and Nato insist that the organisation’s expansion is not subject to any country’s veto, and seem eager for Ukraine to join. Russia sees the continued expansion of Nato, especially into Ukraine, as a direct challenge to its security and has... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3166258/caught-between-us-and-russia-ukraines-only-hope-become-neutral?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3166258/caught-between-us-and-russia-ukraines-only-hope-become-neutral?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:30:21 +0000 The world faces a paradigm-shaking set of economic, political, environmental and social issues. They include rising populations, the environment and failing post-World War II metrics and economic models; what each of these factors share is that technology offers both solutions and challenges. As we focus on Covid-19’s health and economic hurdles, the environment and social changes loom in the background. What can we expect from technology? Big data allows governments to track people in... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3080898/coronavirus-pandemic-pointing-how-technology-will-transform-future?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3080898/coronavirus-pandemic-pointing-how-technology-will-transform-future?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:00:10 +0000 How the United States and China deal with each other in 2019 is of vital importance, as it will have an impact not only on these two countries, but on the world as a whole.  The US-China trade war, unprecedented in scale and severity, has further increased the risks to peace and development. Fortunately, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Argentina on December 1, and agreed to a three-month truce before more tariffs would be imposed on Chinese exports to the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2182622/heres-win-win-zero-tariffs-trade-deal-donald?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2182622/heres-win-win-zero-tariffs-trade-deal-donald?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:45:15 +0000 While the people of Japan have the right to choose the constitutional monarchy as their system of government, whether that monarch is an emperor or a king is another matter. An emperor is the monarch of an empire, and the monarch without an empire is at best a king, not an emperor. For several decades before the end of the Second World War, the Empire of Japan had committed unprecedented atrocities and crimes against humanity, including the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, the Rape of Nanjing,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1049293/japan-emperor-or-king?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1049293/japan-emperor-or-king?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:23:37 +0000