China convened its annual 2024 Two Sessions in early March bringing together the country’s top political advisory bodies, the National People's Congress, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, to discuss the country’s future policy trajectory on both the political and economic fronts. With China facing...
It is an axiom of our anxious, poly-crisis times that politics now matters more to business than ever. Yet the well-known Shakespearean quote also warns us to be watchful of “sound and fury, signifying nothing”. There continue to be political events that occupy attention and...
Co-organised by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) and UBS on 26th May 2023 at the UBS Auditorium, “China’s Re-Opening: Prospects for Growth and Cooperation” centred around how businesses could navigate the re-opening of one of the world’s biggest economic players. The two-hour talk...
The world is currently witnessing a dynamic transition regarding international power relations, with multiple poles of influence becoming the newfound state of affairs. China’s rise as a global superpower necessitates the need to evaluate the established dominance of the United States as the single world...
The new year began with any number of political factors that can impact business. But perhaps the most immediate is China, exiting from its Zero Covid policy. Many had urged this change. Like its Great Wall, China’s Zero Covid policy attracted attention with its dimensions. Border...
"We're depending on China to be prudent" Find out what our Chairman, Professor Simon Tay has to say in his Straits Times interview on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit to Taiwan. ...
Ever since the announcement of China’s Dual-Circulation Strategy (DCS), observers have questioned whether this strategy is “inward-looking” and whether it would affect regional economic integration. This was discussed at the 35th Asia-Pacific Roundtable hosted by the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia from...
By Simon Tay For The Washington Examiner Speaking candidly at a recent Washington, D.C., conference, Professor Simon Tay, Chairman of the SIIA, warned the U.S. that for Singapore and the nations of ASEAN, the idea of “ friend shoring ” and explicit bans on Chinese goods and...
Many in the West, especially Washington, argue that China extends its global influence by exporting and imposing its developmental model on other countries. But this analysis ignores the ways in which Chinese engagement sometimes accommodates local actors and institutions—adapting and assimilating local and traditional forms,...
As more business activities move to the virtual realm and generate exponential amounts of data, there is an increased reliance on data centres as a key component to power the digital economy. The Asia Pacific is slated to become the world’s largest data centre region...