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We’re delighted with your response to the second series of Asia and the West.We’re taking a break to produce our third series of Asia and the West, so stay tuned for more conversations with fascinating people with lots to say about these two important parts of our world.  We appreciate your feedback and welcome suggestions as to how we can make Conversation360 podcasts more valuable to you.  Contact us via our site  www.conversation360podcast.com.

Ernest Parker Greer, a Tennessee native, has worked globally from Asia since 1995, while living in Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Thailand. He has led companies in Europe and North America and in 15 countries in the Asia Pacific region. For years, he was a senior executive with Steelcase Inc., most recently as President, Asia Pacific. He holds over 40 patents, and lectures at universities and symposiums around the world. He founded g+, a Hong Kong based consultancy which employs user-focused design methodologies to help clients develop innovation and globalization strategies. An astute observer of the impact pricing and currency practices have on economies and the businesses they support, Ernie shares his views on their importance to China’s continued growth. We cover many topics in this episode: why Trump is regarded as a media star by many Asians; shortcomings of China’s efforts at innovation; how the use of smart phones has reduced interaction between Chinese parents and children; the fraught relationship between Hong Kong and Mainland China; how young entrepreneurs need to relate to traditional Chinese business leaders; and proliferation of fake news everywhere.

In this podcast, Jasmin Sadler gives us an inside view of China from her perspective as a member of the ’17 inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. This is a stellar up-close-and-personal report of “what’s hot and what’s not” among Chinese of college age and just beyond. A Swiss citizen, Jasmin’s been going to China since she was 16, and speaks Mandarin fluently. She explains how not only having read and being able to discuss Romance of the Three Kingdoms— the historical novel beloved by all Chinese, and the basis for hugely popular video games—gives her the ability to connect on the most personal level with Chinese friends. We talk of just how connected our world could be if everyone learned at least one foreign language and could speak it with people for whom it is their native tongue. We also talk of why China is the perfect place for entrepreneurs right now, how young Chinese with experience in the West feel empowered in straddling two worlds, why Chinese are optimistic about their future, and what challenges could get in the way of that future being realized.

Hear Angela Mackay, Global Publisher of FT Live, and The Financial Times’ Managing Director of Asia Pacific, talk of the surge in China’s confidence, military might and entrepreneurism resulting in new rules of engagement with the West, especially media.  You’ll learn of the subtle shift of attention at conferences and global gatherings to the views of Asians-- not Westerners-- and how impressive China’s millennials are in terms of their STEM achievements and their enthusiastic, unbridled ambition. Through it all, the FT and others walk a tightrope to avoid Beijing’s efforts to control media, activity which she feels could be China’s Achilles heel.   We cover these topics plus robotics, China’s relationship with North Korea, corruption, global terrorism, and many more, all against the backdrop of events in the entire Asia Pacific region.

Mini vandePol, Global Chair of the Compliance and Investigations Group of Baker & McKenzie, and a partner with over 24 years’ experience, is recognized as one of the world’s leading anti-bribery and corruption lawyers.  She was born in India, raised in Australia, and worked professionally in Australia, and now Hong Kong. She is the editor of the popular Global Attorney-Client Privilege Handbook and has published a wide range of articles focused on anti-bribery and corruption compliance in Australia, India and elsewhere in Asia. In this wide-ranging podcast conversation, Mini gives us her views of developments in China, India and elsewhere in Asia—including just why corruption is such an important issue, why the promotion of women could be the “game changer” Asia can exploit profitably, and much more.

Po Chi Wu comes from a line of illustrious scholars. His father’s epitaph was “The Father of Modern Physics in China.” One would think his ancestors presented a hard act to follow, but Po Chi has broken records of his own. Straddling both the East and West in his role as a highly acclaimed Professor in both Asia and California, he also directs an advisory firm that focuses on “Cleantech”, information technology and life sciences, and is renowned for his insight into the challenges of innovation and entrepreneurship. The fun part of this podcast episode is listening to Po Chi’s wide-ranging expression of expertise on a variety of subjects. He references Star Trek to explain the differences in the way Chinese and Westerners view the world. And he says that American culture is similar to television programming in black and white, in contrast to Chinese culture which is like television reception with a spectrum of millions of colors. We cover lots of ground in this episode including the new Belt and Road initiative recently introduced by Beijing, the impact of Chinese investment on Africa, and why despite the fact that Shanghai is a terrible place to live, it still attracts people who seek the gateway to wealth and opportunity.

You’ll hear it in her voice. Melbourne-born Michelle Garnaut is not only a legendary restauranteur with a string of awards over a career that spans continents, she’s a high spirited enthusiastic adventurer who has made China the canvas on which she’s created a truly unique life. She came to Hong Kong from Australia knowing no one and now overseas a trio of restaurants and bars in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing that are icons of their cities—not just because of great food; it’s that Michelle feels conversations that take place over meals are the very heart of a well-lived life. You’ll hear how she got her start in the restaurant business and what she’s learned along the way. She’ll share her strongly held opinions on the role of good restaurants in society, what the West can learn from China, and why even though it’s gotten tougher to do business profitably in China these days, there are plenty of opportunities for the adventurous.

Norma Rosenhain came to China decades ago when her friends in Australia said “China? Where’s that?” and built an empire –called Creata--manufacturing toys—ultimately billions of them— for export to the rest of the world, a good many of them to accompany McDonalds Happy Meals. She’s the one who set the standards for many of the manufacturing processes there.  Things have come full circle, so that she’ll soon be manufacturing goods in the U.S. for export in the other direction, to China and the big consumer market it has become.  And she is now licensing IP for films and music, essentially vertically integrating the business.    In this podcast you’ll hear Norma’s facts and figures on everything about manufacturing in China from the costs of land on which to build plants, to factory construction costs, to loan interest rates, labor costs, to “logistics” of electricity and customs and duty charges and licenses and more.  She’ll tell you about China’s serious shift to “Green Manufacturing” and robotics as they move up the manufacturing gravy train to dominance.  Then she’ll fill you in on how she has vertically integrated her business beyond manufacturing so she’s licensing IP for music (even hard to get Beatles rights) and films as well.  She learned from the Chinese the importance of having a long term view and is now reaping the rewards, big time.

You’ll meet many Brits in Hong Kong, but Jonathan Midgley is one of a kind. In big demand as a criminal defense attorney, he came on the scene fresh out of English law school and made a quick name for himself by winning a notorious case that got his picture on the front page of the Star, then Hong Kong’s tabloid. His work took him to the “down and dirty” reaches of Hong Kong where he learned the City’s secrets and launched a practice that made him today’s go-to attorney for famous and well-heeled Hong Kongers in a jam. A marvelous story teller and astute observer of human behavior, Jonathan shares his views on the relationship between Hong Kong and China, the level of bemusement with which the Chinese view the United States and its current leadership, how the world’s powers need to collaborate to get things right on global issues like climate change, and why some Hong Kong taxi drivers still years for the days of Colonial Hong Kong.

Chin Lim is a global citizen who lives primarily in Hong Kong, and spends much time in Australia, Europe, and the U.S. as well.  She has an extensive business background so when she became Managing Director of Asian Property Investments Limited in Hong Kong, she knew the ropes around financial transactions and now has a following as a real estate investment guru.  Her global life experiences makes her an astute observer of cultural differences between Asia and the West.  In this podcast, Chin talks of the cultural challenges to improving understanding between Asia and the West and shares personal anecdotes that make her perspective especially memorable.  She gives her view of why Mainland Chinese are such avid investors in real estate outside of Mainland China, and her hope that we can learn from the about improving our planet for the future. 

Simon Large was born in Hong Kong, spent childhood years in Japan, was educated in Great Britain, then returned to Asia for executive life, currently as Director of Cargo for Cathay Pacific Airways.  A true global citizen, he is curious about the world around him and combines what he learns into a unique worldview.  In this podcast he explains why Hong Kong – no longer British yet noticeably distinct from Mainland China—is an ideal place to live.   And he talks of how China’s diaspora has built among the Chinese an understanding of Western culture, perhaps more accurate than that of Westerners.  He has interesting things to say about millennials of all cultures and their growing appetite to experience the world face-to-face, with the Chinese—in sheer numbers—leading the way.  We also talk about the opportunities presented by the efforts of Asia and the West to communicate and what gets in the way.

Derek Elmer is Founder and CEO of I-On-Asia, a firm that specializes in intelligence gathering and analysis, anti-counterfeiting and what he calls sensitive operations, notably in China.  He shares in this podcast some of what he knows about who is doing what to whom (at least in Asia) and for how much.   He’s got provocative but credible backup for his predictions, among them that the US, Russia, Eastern Europe and China will be involved in armed conflict within the next 3-5 years.   We talk about that and corruption, anti-corruption, counterfeiting of everything from Nike shoes to cars, how the Chinese manage to send their kids to school in the West for free (it’s all about shrewd real estate purchases) and much more in this can’t-miss episode of Asia and the West.

Hear Digital Media expert David Ko describe his concern about recent destabilizing behaviors around the world and how they threaten efforts to bridge Asia and the West through “open hearts, open minds.”  Much of what Asians perceive of Western culture comes from Hollywood, without similar exposure in the other direction.   China’s recent economic slowdown has affected many companies, but has only increased interest in use of digital media.  So far, so good, says Davis, but hard to predict the impact of a trade war between the US and China could have.

David Ketchum is an American in Asia for the long haul.  He came before Great Britain’s “hand over” of its colonial control of Hong Kong to China and, except for vacations in Maine, is committed to life in Asia. In this podcast he traces the trajectory of his experience, starting with multi-national companies who came into China with the promise of providing investment dollars and technology transfer and job creation in exchange for access to China as a market.  The narrative has changed with the fortunes of China, and David’s been there in the thick of it. His latest business is riding the hockey stick growth of digital with customers who seek help mapping their customers’ journey, a skill set David has built over his years of experience in Asia.  He describes his efforts as a Western entrepreneur working out of Hong Kong and how Hong Kong is morphing into a place that will soon be considerably different in many ways from what it looks and feels like today.    We talk about all this and more, including what the Zhuhai bridge connecting Hong Kong to Macau and Zhuhai symbolizes for Mainland China from a social and cultural point of view and why the sheer size of commerce between the West and Asia makes it so important for us to keep the lines of communication open. 

Stuart Spencer, as CEO of Asia Pacific for global insurer Zurich Insurance Company Limited, responsible for over $3 billion P&L, covering 9 countries and 6,000 employees in the Asia Pacific, has 25 years experience in the insurance and financial services industry, spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.  He’s a senior executive whose intelligence spans globally; not only highly knowledgeable about his own industry, but able to see it contextually in light of the powerful geographical and political influences that surround it.  In this podcast conversation, Stuart shares his emotional response as a Westerner arriving in Hong Kong for the first time, and the views he has developed since then, gleaned from his experience in Asia that has spooled out in fascinating ways. Now an “Asia Hand” able to deliver clear answers to questions on the minds of those interested in the next chapter of Asia’s growth, he explains in concise and understandable language what we need to consider in determining whether China—and other developing countries— can succeed, and what that will mean for the West.    

In this podcast we talk with Bin Wolfe, who knows a lot about what it takes to attract top talent to work for you in Mainland China.  She is Managing Partner of EY (Ernst & Young), responsible for People in the Asia Pacific region and speaks from a dual perspective:  She grew up in China, then left at 17 to attend college in the United States where she stayed, married and had children before returning to China two decades after she left.  She knows first-hand the changes that occurred during her absence and their importance to China’s new place in the world.   Bin talks of the new confidence and sense of patriotism the Chinese exhibit.  Mandarin has replaced hundreds of dialects spoken earlier, reflecting the remarkable shift to a unified language across the entire country.  She talks of the focus on education that is producing smart, ambitious, innovative millennials, just the kind of people EY wants to hire.  You’ll hear about these topics and more, including Alibaba, and the importance of distinguishing nationalism from patriotism. 

Alistair Angus runs SI Partners out of Hong Kong which gives clients access to cross-border transaction expertise, often advising on the purchase or sale of businesses, specifically in the creative and tech industries. They help Western companies, for example, who want to do business in Asia but don’t know where to begin, deal with language, licensing, cultural issues and the like. He talks about the appetite for talent, for people who can operate in multiple languages, and can work effectively on a diverse team. Sometimes, he says it’s easier simply to acquire another company that already has an effective team in place. In this podcast you’ll hear Alistair’s perspective on what it takes for a Westerner to succeed in business in Asia.

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Pearl Lam’s life is a work of art itself, a singular fusion of East and West cultures. Born in an English colony, she went to Shanghai for the first time in 1992 and it is there she “became Chinese.” Truly a unique personality, Pearl bemoans China’s turn from “one of the most fascinating places in the world where there was a surprise around every corner,” to the “new Modernity” in which communication between China and the West has been lost in translation.  Despite all the contradictions, Pearl has become one of the leading taste makers and dealers in the contemporary Chinese are scene. In this podcast, recorded in the Sky Lounge at Upper House in Hong Kong, you’ll see China through the eyes of an of-the-moment visionary whose fast-moving conversation can be exotically charming.

Matthew Smith, a senior executive who heads Cisco’s market development globally for the Internet of Things, remembers a childhood in Hong Kong which had a cricket pitch on what is now the most valuable piece of real estate in Central Hong Kong. Born in the UK and schooled there, Matthew has lived in Asia pretty much ever since so he’s observed first hand—and participated in-- its process of phenomenal change.  He’s been in the thick of the consolidation of Asia’s emerging economies into a technology-drvien powerhouse that is outpacing the West. In this episode of Asia and the West, you’ll hear his perspective on developments since those early days in Hong Kong. He talks of our increased ability to connect with one another, facilitating global addressing systems that will fundamentally change the way real estate is bought and sold, as well as accelerating innovation at the local community level, resulting in mass customization of products and services.   We also talk about data security and privacy, China’s serious investment in Fin-Tech, block chain, how employers use algorithms to make hiring decisions based on character analysis rather than resumes…and how pollution and population scale will challenge China’s continued growth.  Join us.

Here is your “China Survey Course 101” covering what we can expect from today’s China and what that means for the West, taught by a global expert who puts it into the historical perspective you need to make sense of it all.  Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology in the Global & International Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is a big thinker.  He specializes in globalization, development studies and cultural studies and he knows China like no one else with whom I’ve spoken.  Born in Amsterdam, Jan speaks Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian and is a prolific author, with four (!) more books, all related to China and Asia, coming out this year.   In this podcast, Jan shares his kaleidoscopic takes on China from the standpoint of “empire” which he traces back to the classical empires, then to the Crusades, to the new imperialism and contemporary hegemony.  And he gives us his perspective on how America’s current leadership could be affected by China’s actions.  Best of all, he gives us his prognosis for what our near future could look like from a global perspective, and the role China will play in shaping it. If you are interested in placing China and contemporary America into a meaningful future context from an informed global perspective, listen to this podcast.  I know you will find it informative, provocative and challenging.

Ronnie Chan is the quintessential Global Citizen. He chairs the Hang Lung Group, a leader in Hong Kong’s property markets for 40+ years, with mega-developments that now span Mainland China’s geography as well.  Another company, Morningside, owns companies in manufacturing, public transport operations, outdoor advertising, media, healthcare, online game operators, high tech and biotech investments in mainland China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America.    In this episode, you’ll hear his views on many things including why in ten years the wealthiest in China will never have been to the West, how we should think of China and the U.S. as two tall men, neither of whom can be slapped around by the other; why Hong Kong’s importance will diminish over time and why that’s a good thing; and much more.

Christine Yan says the growth in China must be experienced—not just “visited”—to be appreciated.  Trained as a mechanical engineer with an MBA, she runs the Asian business for Stanley Black & Decker, a Western-based multi-national Fortune 500 company that sells nuts, bolts, tools and all that goes with them (in fact. Christine holds patents on tools she developed for the company years ago).   She’s got myriad examples of Chinese innovation that go beyond Western aspirations, much of it is driven by the strongly held belief by many Chinese that everyone can get rich by working hard and being willing to fail. Despite a slowdown in the economy, Christine says it is full steam ahead.  Possible monkey wrench in this rosy picture? Uncertainty, and its chilling effect on the global economy.  On this podcast you’ll hear how a Western business leader headquartered in Shanghai weights the challenges and opportunities.

Amish Shah is a perfect example of a successful entrepreneur who has ridden the Chinese wave of consumerism.  He stepped into China ten years ago, seeing it primarily as a manufacturing source for his company’s jewelry products sold elsewhere in the world.  A decade later, China itself has become a major market for his jewelry, including its lab grown diamonds, spurring his business growth at amazing speed in response to demand from China’s new middle class consumer.   Amish shares his deep knowledge of how countries across Asia are responding to fundamental changes in the global ecoomy and consumer demand.  And he’ll explain how a business can grow so dramatically —especially in China—as a result.

Eva Chan is a long-time Hong Kong resident with a global investment business and deep experience throughout Mainland China. She has strong views about Westerners’ misconception of China and invites everyone to come experience this amazing country first-hand, suggesting they’ll be surprised to find that Shanghai and Beijing are as vibrantly exciting as London and New York. Eva says the slowdown in the Chinese economy is normal, to be expected of a country restructuring its economic model. As for innovation, she says it’s not so critical as some would assume, at least for well managed Chinese companies. You’ll hear her views on these topics and more in this episode of Asia and the West.

World culture-savvy Heather Payne sees lots to like in China’s ability to focus on keeping things in harmony. Meanwhile, the global brands she advises feel pressure to succeed in China where their competition no longer comes just from other multi-nationals but increasingly from China’s own home-grown brands. Questions remain about the millennials and their younger siblings and the China they envision inheriting for themselves. We’re explore these issues and much more in this podcast episode.

Axel Herzhauser is a supply chain guru with tech expertise who  leads the commercial business in Asia for Teleplan, a Netherlands-based company I the after-market business of consumer electronics.  Axel has spent over 16 years determining how organizations, people, activities, information and resources can be deployed most efficiently to get things made and distributed.  Ten of those years have been in Asia so he has an ear to the ground regarding the way business works between Asia and the West.  In this podcast he tells us what we should know about the new China, especially its youth who are unlike any other generation of young people China has reared. He now lives and works out of Singapore so he shares perspectives on Singapore as well.   In this episode we talk of the challenge of China’s aging population, how Singapore is a significant player in med tech advances, how the Chinese feel about privacy, their willingness to speak up in private about their government, and much more.

Hsaio Liu is a Chinese American, born in America, who thought she could easily adapt to life in Shanghai and the cultural challenges she faced when she moved there as a pharma executive. She wasn’t prepared for the rapidity of change, but soon learned to cope with “the System”, and found that what used to be a matter of helping Westerners bring their products and services to Asia quickly switched to helping Asians bring their wares and expertise to the West. Back in the US now, Hsaio says much has changed in the last decade. Asian millennials who come to school in the West these days are excited about returning to China and exploiting their newly learned entrepreneurial skills there. In fact, they’ve changed the ways Chinese companies and their employees deal with job success and promotion, and are driving much of China’s “home grown” innovation. She talks of these topics and what’s happening in the development of medicines and how China fits into the pharma scenario on the global stage, as well as the challenges that threaten China’s continued growth.

Highly regarded in the world of global executive search, Christine Houston shares her strongly held opinions on developments in Asia, from the recruitment and hiring of young people, to the shift in the buying habits of wealthy millennials (handbags no longer top the list) and the impact that has had on retailers.  You’ll hear her provocative views on issues that could cause unrest in China, how Beijing’s censorship of media has tightened, why people throughout Asia are nervous about developments in American politics with a tweeting President, challenges to educational systems in the West, and the potential negative impact all of this can have on business.  Join us for a wide-ranging episode on today’s China.

If you’re looking for the scoop on what’s happening in Asia— especially China— from an investment perspective, this episode is for you. John White, Managing Director and Lead Portfolio Manager in Heitman's Asia-Pacific Public Real Estate Securities group, lays out the investment landscape and covers what he calls the three major –and different—economies in Mainland China. And he tells us why the real estate “bubble” is confined to major cities where prices and high and inventory nearly non-existent, while other parts of China have empty high rises and construction of even more buildings continues. John explains the implications of China’s swift move from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing powerhouse to current efforts to structurally reform so that it can increase internal consumption rather than rely on exports. He’ll fill you in on shopping habits of the Chinese and how the growing middle class has become a market in itself while changing all the old rules of spending habits. All this and more awaits in this episode of China’s financial picture.

Lyndon Chao is an American whose college classmate helped him navigate the academic waters in Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University. Years later, that friend asked Lyndon for advice in getting his 3D tech startup off the ground in the Chinese marketplace. Lyndon didn’t hesitate to lend his firsthand knowledge of China— gleaned from his over twenty years of experience with Morgan Stanley in Asia— to the adventure. In this podcast, Lyndon describes that startup experience and also shares his astute observations about China and how it is evolving into the economic powerhouse it is now, along with the very real challenges it faces in harnessing its opportunities.

Miles Wilson is responsible for Coca Cola’s strategy moving forward. A huge job, and the fact that he lives and works out of China is an indication of just how important he—and Coke—regard this region in their truly global business. Speaking from his own personal experience in this podcast, Miles shares the perspective he’s gained from years of work and life all over the Asia Pacific region.

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Eric grew up in Burma, and inherited from his newspaper reporter father and schoolteacher mother a love for travel amid cultures far different from those experienced by an ordinary stateside American child. He grew especially fond of China where he has traveled extensively and has invested in publicly traded companies, many of which he has visited personally. He now lives in Burlington, Vermont where he is an Investment Manager with Hanson & Doremus Investments and he continues his involvement with China, including investment activities. Eric speaks both Mandarin and English.

Simon Kahn, Head of Marketing for Google in Asia Pacific, has experienced first-hand the dramatic changes in the playbook for doing business there. In the past, Westerners did the talking, and Asians were listening; now it is a two-way conversation, with many of the most innovative ideas originating in Asia and then coming to the West. This transformative situation reflects the massive shift in economic status in places like Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Singapore and of course, China. Simon sees major opportunities for Western companies who want to be players in this move from “mobile first” to “mobile only,” involving millions of individuals who have never used a laptop and operate exclusively—for both work and social life—on mobile phones. He’ll explain the “micro moments” opportunities every company needs to make central to its marketing strategy in Asia.

An American who pulled up stakes and moved her household to Hong Kong for seven years, Lorraine shares her fascinating perspective on Asia and the West. After her stint leading the School of Design at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University, she wrote China’s Design Revolution, spelling out the explosion of innovative design there. She talks of the cultural differences that caught her by surprise, including how the Chinese regard older women in a leadership role. And you’ll hear how she determines that although no outsider can begin to understand the “whole” China, it’s highly rewarding to try.

If you don’t yet know Chiu-Ti Jansen, you’re in for a treat. Picture this: lawyer, investment banker, business founder, art and cultural historian, writer…all wrapped up in the most forward looking, high style glam fashion possible. Chiu-Ti , born in Taiwan, Masters from U of Michigan, PhD candidate at Yale, law degree from Columbia Law School, and author of Create Your Star Power for Chinese readers who are gobbling up the book’s advice, is a star herself. We talk about her take on history, the medi

Included in the “40 Under 40” list of the world’s leading investigation lawyers under the age of 40, Timothy has lived and worked in Asia for years. He represents multinational and Chinese clients in a diverse group of industries and is regarded as a guru on topics of importance right now in Asia like cross-border litigation and investigations of violations of anti-corruption laws. You’ll hear him talk about just why his work and life in Asia is so rewarding and why asking whether the West or Asia is winning the innovations race misses the point of the important cross-pollination going on.

Edgar Kwan Chi Ping, J.P., is the Senior Executive Director or Marga Group, which does vast and global property development in China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Projects include the Four Seasons Hotel in Shanghai, World Trade Centre in Bangkok, Central Plaza in Shenyang, as well as infrastructure projects such as bridges and flyovers and oil depots for the Hong Kong government. He is a major figure in law enforcement and public safety as well. He has a fascinating perspective on China, especially the importance of its history—go

Born and raised in China, educated at Harvard, Lin says she is a product “made in China.” Named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Lin runs the Innovation Ideas Institute where her most recent research focuses on Chinese investment in the US. Lin was an English/Chinse Anchor and reporter for China’s CCTV television channel, presenting Chinese events to the world and bringing fresh perspective to the world news sphere. She anchored breaking news events that made China broadcasting history and later was with CNN’s Washington DC bureau. She’s got strong views on the globalization of China as well as how to foster a healthy bilateral investment environment between the US and China. You’ll hear her perspective on this and much, much more.

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