https://www.scmp.com/rss/324359/feed Richard Kozul-Wright, director of the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, is the author of Transforming Economies: Making Industrial Policy Work for Growth, Jobs and Development. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Once an exemplary student of globalisation encouraged to be a “responsible stakeholder” in international affairs, China is increasingly portrayed in the West as a “strategic competitor” or worse, a dangerous threat to the survival of the rules-based international order. China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” is one of the reasons for this shift in sentiment, with a crescendo of accusations about its geopolitical intentions and the dangers of debt peonage. China has reacted swiftly to such... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2183292/chinas-belt-and-road-plan-isnt-marshall-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2183292/chinas-belt-and-road-plan-isnt-marshall-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:00:15 +0000 While the world watches anxiously for signs of US President Donald Trump’s next move vis-à-vis China, Chinese leaders remain focused on the next stage of their country’s ongoing economic transformation. What they do should interest everyone – especially US policymakers. China’s industrialisation process, like that of other successful East Asian economies, has combined profit-led investment, active industrial policy and export discipline. But that approach has its limits, exemplified in the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2092009/what-made-china-2025-can-teach-trumps-america-about-reviving?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2092009/what-made-china-2025-can-teach-trumps-america-about-reviving?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 May 2017 08:15:00 +0000