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China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America – What has Changed?

Source: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Author: Professor Rhys Jenkins an economist and Professor of Development Economics at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia , Norwich. U.K. Abstract: When China invited the Latin American countries to participate...
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Is there a Belt and Road Initiative 2.0 in the Making? – The Case of Central Asia Source: Journal of Contemporary Asia

Author: PBEC subject matter expert contributor, Dr. Yu Hong, Senior Research Fellow of the East Asian Institute at NUS in Singapore who also spoke at our Dialogues Summit 2021 shares his latest paper and insights with us on this topical...
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Singapore’s DBS, First Bank in Southeast Asia to Announce Landmark Set of Decarbonisation Commitments

DBS is playing its part - They are the first bank in Singapore to sign up to the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), and the first in Southeast Asia to publish a concrete and comprehensive set of targets for our Scope...
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Why crypto disruptors and central banks can work in harmony

  There are obstacles to be overcome, but the time is coming soon when both traditional and digital forms of currency will be trusted and accepted by all JULY 2022 Arturo Bris Director of the World Competitiveness Center and Professor...
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As China flexes its muscles in the Indo-Pacific, Canada and Australia must step up

  China is posing many challenges to the Indo-Pacific region in 2022. How should Canada and Australia respond? JULY 2022 Margaret McCuaig-Johnston Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa John Garrick University Fellow in Law,...
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Week in China – Column 10

By Steven Irvine – Founder, CEO & Editor ‘Week in China’ ECONOMY, TALKING POINT A terrible second quarter China's 'zero-covid' policies take toll on its 2022 growth target Jul 2022 (WiC 594) ‘Zero-Covid’ means zero growth. That was one way of responding...
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KPMG Report – Emerging Giants in Asia Pacific 2022

A digital revolution is driving growth across Asia Pacific, transforming the way we live, work and do business. It is little surprise that this region is blazing the digital trail for the rest of the world: Demographically — Asia Pacific...
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OECD Global Plastics Report 2022

Global plastics production has grown significantly in recent decades. Highly versatile, light and affordable, plastic materials are employed in countless industrial applications and have become extremely useful for modern society. They help us preserve food, insulate buildings, make electronics work...
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The state of the workforce in East Asia

  Although the job climate looks uncertain, employees are enjoying a healthy work-life balance 05.07.2022 Unravel editorial team A commuter waits to board the underground rail in Seoul. Photo by Shutterstock. The pandemic uprooted changed the way we worked, communicated...
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Asia-Pacific economies to largely see steady growth in 2022

  Weaker growth in China owing to stringent COVID-19 restrictions and an increase in US interest rates could dampen the region’s economic growth prospects for the remainder of the year July 2022 Louis Kuijs Asia-Pacific Chief Economist at S&P Global...
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