I don’t think Hua Bin overstates his assessment of the Maoist period when he writes, “The CPC in the first thirty years of its rule was a revolutionary party led by people who didn’t understand modern economics, science and technology.
2025 has been a momentous year for the world. We are going through accelerating changes – technological, economic, political, and social – that continue to force us to revisit our frame of reference and adjust the way we look at the world ... ....
When I studied business in the mid-90s, there was no company more revered than General Electric and no CEO more respected than Jack Welch. For years, GE was honored as the most admired company in the world and was the most valuable by market cap ... ....
Readers who have followed my essays for some time know the high regard I hold for Nobel economics laureates. https.//huabinoliver.substack.com/p/the-2024-nobel-economics-prize-is ... “Hitting China’sWall” (The New York Times, 2013) ... Substack, 2024) ... ....
In an earlier post, I joked about how the US has become the biggest fish caught in the so called “Chinese debt trap” ... The amount far outstrips borrowing by Russia or any BRI countries ... Even Thames Water, the largest water service in the UK ... ....
The guidelines state that survey results must “be released in a non-leading manner” but do not require the HUA or student groups to keep them under wraps. The HUA’s constitution requires that its campaign rules be finalized by Oct.