https://www.scmp.com/rss/329665/feed Alan Rosling is an entrepreneur, adviser and commentator based in Hong Kong. He was a member of the No 10 Policy Unit from 1991-93. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com India risks being one of the countries worst affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Already, before the virus struck, its economy had slowed markedly to an estimated growth of roughly 5 per cent last year. The national lockdown, extended to May 18, is having an appalling impact on millions of poor day-labourers and subsistence farmers. Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has cut its forecast for India’s economic growth this year to 2.5 per cent, and Fitch Ratings to 0.8 per cent, amid growing... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3082540/indias-misguided-fdi-rules-threaten-cut-chinese-funds-and-worsen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3082540/indias-misguided-fdi-rules-threaten-cut-chinese-funds-and-worsen?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 May 2020 12:00:10 +0000 When I was the international director for the Tata Group, India’s largest manufacturer, some 15 years ago, we found that we could buy truck wheels from China cheaper than the steel cost in India. We, like thousands of other companies, ramped up sourcing from China.  Things look different today. With escalation of costs in China, shifts in exchange rates, and now the threat of tariffs, China is no longer a cheap manufacturing location. Sourcing of volume goods, like textiles or electronics, is... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2186917/indian-manufacturing-and-chinese-investment-leading-way?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2186917/indian-manufacturing-and-chinese-investment-leading-way?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Feb 2019 07:04:33 +0000 More than 120 million people are expected to attend the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest human gathering, over the next few weeks along the banks of the Ganges at Allahabad in north India. Little about India is small in scale or simple to comprehend. The upcoming general election, due by May, will be the world’s largest-ever democratic exercise and a positive kaleidoscope of parties, candidates and issues. Some 900 million people are eligible to vote, 100 million of whom will be doing so for the... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2185263/worlds-biggest-election-coming-down-wire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2185263/worlds-biggest-election-coming-down-wire?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:45:45 +0000 This week, UK Prime Minister Theresa May returned to the House of Commons with her Plan B for Brexit. Last week, on January 15, she suffered an unprecedented and massive defeat in Parliament on the proposed deal with the European Union. The fact that her revised plan was little changed from her original deal shows the profound crisis of leadership and political imagination in the UK. There seems no realistic prospect of negotiating sufficient changes to the deal to achieve agreement in time for... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/world/article/2183327/theresa-may-and-eu-cant-resolve-brexit-without-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/world/article/2183327/theresa-may-and-eu-cant-resolve-brexit-without-more?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jan 2019 05:00:15 +0000 Hong Kong competes on its reputation as a well but lightly regulated market. This philosophy is reflected in the Hong Kong stock exchange’s listing rules, which lay out a world-class standard of corporate governance but interpreted in a light-touch manner. Regulators try to avoid adding onerous requirements to compliance standards, preferring to set out the principles of good corporate governance and allowing companies to “comply or explain”. The market operator, HKEX, amended the Corporate... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2180854/hong-kong-companies-need-action-not-talk-diversity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2180854/hong-kong-companies-need-action-not-talk-diversity?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jan 2019 14:15:00 +0000 Our host at one of Shenzhen’s most vibrant start-up accelerators was surprised by my question. There were American, Canadian and European founders in their programme, she said, but of course no Indians. This, she suggested, might reflect the paucity of entrepreneurship arising from India’s conservative culture and traditional educational system. In fact, India’s burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem is sizzling with start-ups. One study concluded that India is the third most vibrant hotspot for... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2175861/little-talked-trade-relationship-could-flourish-china-and-india?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2175861/little-talked-trade-relationship-could-flourish-china-and-india?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Dec 2018 07:15:30 +0000