Publications

Does US-hegemonic decline translate into a fight between “democracy” and “autocracy” in maintaining a benign world order?

Op-ed in Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights on 8 January 2023. Republished in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

How Xi’s Saudi Arabia visit shows rise of new world order beyond US hegemony

Op-ed dated 16 December 2022 in the South China Morning Post (SCMP). A different write-up, Towards a Better World Order, appeared in the China Daily (Hong Kong edition) on 23 December 2022.

Admiral Zheng He may have explored the New World way before Christopher Columbus

Admiral Zheng He's last daring global voyage (from 1431) was traced by Chinese historian and author Dr Sheng-Wei Wang. Meticulously studying ancient Chinese texts, ocean current flows and various archaeological finds, she posits that the Admiral may have reached Cape Breton Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, before making his way on small river boats to what is now the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in the central Mississippi Valley.

If so, the Admiral would have discovered the New World some six decades ahead of Christopher Columbus (1492). 

Dr. Wang's findings are laid out in her fascinating scholarly work "The Last Journey of the San Bao Eunuch Admiral Zheng He".  She invited me for a Book Review, which is appended below. 

Download The Last Journey of the San Bao Eunuch Admiral Zheng He

Download Book Review at request of Author of The Last Journey of The San Bao Eunuch Admiral Zheng He by Dr Sheng 

Book Review of "The Last Journey Of The San Bao Eunuch, Admiral Zheng He"

At the exclusive invitation of the author, Dr Sheng-wei Wang, the following is my book Review (in both English and Chinese).

Download Amended Chinese Book Review of “The Last Journey of The San Bao Eunuch Admiral Zheng He”

Dr Wang's book : - 

A TV documentary series by CCTV 9 - 《历史的拐点·下西洋》 (History's Inflexion Points: The Treasure Voyages) Epistle 2 serves as an interesting introduction to Admiral Zheng He's historical exploits. 

China in the 2020's - Expect Game-Changing Developments

Feature Report in The Global Analyst, January, 2020, a flagship global business magazine of Hyderabad-based Media-Five Publications Pvt. Ltd., India, of which I am on the Advisory Board.

Download January 2020 The Global Analyst - China- Expect Game-Changing Developments in the 2020's

 

The seven trends that will define China in the 2020s

South China Morning Post Op-ed of 4 January, 2020

China Business - Landscape and Strategies - A 2018 Routledge Book by Dr Hong Liu (Second Edition)

This book has my endorsement at the back cover. It contains probably the best up-to-date analyses on China's innovation (Chapter 6) and internet-based business (Chapter 7) so-far written. 

Dr Hong Liu is the Founding Director of the China Business Centre at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

My introduction on the back cover reads - 

"In this timely, well-researched book, Dr Liu combines theory, practice, and sharp, practical insight with a wealth of detailed case studies. It should be read by university students, researchers, consultants and practitioners alike in both the public and private sectors who wish to gain insight into how Chinese businesses work and behave in the fiercely competitive environment of the 21st century."

Download China Business - Landscape and Strategies - A 2017 Routledge book by Hong Liu (Front and back cover only)