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Emerging economies prosper as the west muddles through

by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on November 30, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: , , , , , , , , ,

Right now, the smart money is sitting on the sidelines. This is what Diane Brady, senior editor and content chief of Bloomberg Businessweek, suggested at a panel discussion at APEC earlier this month. The other speakers didn’t entirely disagree, especially (…)

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A new role for China

by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on November 21, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: , , ,

It’s no secret that China’s future looks brighter than that of other nations. Green energy, innovation, and a more prominent role in world politics will all be part of the picture, said President Hu Jintao at the APEC CEO summit (…)

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Seeking Stability in an Unstable World

by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on November 14, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: , , , , ,

“In this connected world, we are all in the same boat. If part of the boat has a hole in it you cannot say afloat.” The words of the chief executive of Hong Kong SAR, Donald Tsang, spoken at the (…)

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The Future. Redefined.

by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on November 12, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: , , , , , , ,

Michael Oreskes, a senior editor at the Associated Press, spends most of his time on the shores of the Atlantic but at APEC’s opening session today he said that being on the Pacific was a big relief. “The mood is (…)

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APEC’s economic game-changers

by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on November 10, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: , , , , ,

As the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gets ready for its CEO summit this weekend, all eyes will be on the leaders of those countries that are not just weathering the global downturn but booming. They are the economic champions, already changing (…)

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In China’s shadow: Q&A with Arvind Subramanian

by NYF Team on September 6, 2011 • 2 comments • Tagged as: , , , , , , ,

Arvind Subramanian is author of Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic Dominance, published this fall, in which he argues that China will surpass the US as the world’s leading economic power sooner than many people think. He is (…)

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Should we be concerned about China?

by NYF Team on August 31, 2011 • One comment • Tagged as: , , , , ,

A round-up of news and opinion. When US Vice President Joe Biden visited China earlier this month he went on a charm offensive. ”Our mutual success will benefit the whole world,” he told his audience. “As the two largest economies in (…)

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Memorable Quotes from the 2011 New York Forum

by NYF Team on June 24, 2011 • Leave your comment

“When we look at talent, and particularly capabilities, around the world, we have a lot more places to look for it today than thirty years ago. There’s the fall of the Iron Curtain … and great institutions are being built. (…)

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The Chinese Model: Finding its Internal Balance

by Frieda on June 21, 2011 • One comment • Tagged as: , , , , , , , ,

China’s massive expansion over the past three decades has made for tremendous international as well as domestic ramifications. So far there has been stability in this economic growth, but it’s hard to know if that will last with the proliferation (…)

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