https://www.scmp.com/rss/324660/feed Feng Da Hsuan is senior advisor of the China Silk Road iValley Research Institute. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The release of a “Greater Bay Area” development plan for linking Hong Kong and Macau with nine cities in Guangdong province is expected to be released early this year. The plan may be a sign of China’s ascent, but this area will be starkly different from, for example, the San Francisco, New York and Tokyo bay areas. While it is all within one nation, it also links two “systems”, three currencies and multiple cities. This makes the plan highly convoluted, and such complexity could pose far more... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126539/four-challenges-greater-bay-area-planners-must-overcome?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126539/four-challenges-greater-bay-area-planners-must-overcome?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jan 2018 04:06:02 +0000 At the recent Business China Awards in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ­emphasised that the Belt and Road Initiative welcomes participation and planning from all nations. As an important belt and road node, he said, Singapore can and will benefit from it. Indeed, Singapore’s political, business and academic communities seem collectively convinced that, by participating in the initiative, the city state can increase its future connectivity in the real-world, digital, financial and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2107639/how-chinas-belt-and-road-can-show-singapore-route-greater?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2107639/how-chinas-belt-and-road-can-show-singapore-route-greater?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:01:21 +0000 Ever since Donald Trump was sworn in as US president on January 20, he has pushed forward a series of economic policies, including a massive infrastructure programme, significant tax reductions to induce the return of manufacturing industries, and trade protectionism. The initiatives were hailed by the financial markets and business communities. As a result, both the stock market and commercial confidence index catapulted to unprecedented heights. However, the market is more likely shaped by... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2099663/why-donald-trumps-economic-plan-non-starter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2099663/why-donald-trumps-economic-plan-non-starter?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jun 2017 03:33:10 +0000