Improvements in technology, greater supply chain integration, a focus on regionalization and an empowered consumer has led to a reconfiguration of trading patterns between Asian countries. Traditionally, the world’s manufacturing hub serving the West, Asia today is also a hotbed of demand from both consumers and businesses. Asia is now responsible for a larger share of global supply chains.

Today, over fifty percent of Japan's total trade is with Asia, South Korea has undergone a similar shift, with its total China trade now twice its US trade. With regional trade deals such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), inter-trade in Asia will continue. Join us for a conversation with Deborah Elms, the Founder and Executive Director of the Asia Trade Centre (ATC), as we discuss this growing trend and the implication it has for China and the United States.  

China is the fintech center of the world. China has leapfrogged the United States to become the undisputed global fintech hub. The speed, sophistication, and scale of the development of China’s fintech sector is unmatched, and it will continue to grow. Some of the factors that are attributed to China’s fintech success are: Its rapid economic growth and high national mobile internet penetration, a large e-commerce ecosystem, the dominance of BAT (Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent) and traditionally, accommodative regulations.

Since the Ant Financial clampdown, China authorities are exploring ways to tighten regulation on the fintech sector in China. Will stricter regulations hinder China’s fintech sector growth? Join us for a conversation with Martin Chorzempa, Research Fellow from the Peterson Institute, as we seek to answer this question and more.  

The future of the automobile industry will be electric, and China is leading the way. China is both the largest manufacturer and buyer of electric vehicles in the world. Tesla has launched a factory in China last year as an effort to position itself in the Chinese market. China’s dominance in the electric vehicle sector has allowed China to position itself as the global leader in the electric vehicle marketplace. All this combined with stratospheric valuations for companies in the EV supply chain and few could argue it is the most topical segment on the planet. What does China’s dominance mean for the future of the electric vehicle sector? What are the long term implications of this? Join us for a conversation with Tu Le, Founder and Managing Director of Sino Insights, as we answer these questions and more.

The space sector is vast and growing exponentially. Governments and commercial entities are investing capital at record levels. Investments in space infrastructure and digital development exceeded $400 billion in 2018. With an increasing number of public and private actors, space will be a multi-trillion dollar industry in the decades to come. Tourism is but a fraction of this.

China is the third country to send humans into space. On September 6, 2020, China landed its first reusable space vehicle. By 2022, China seeks to permanently establish the Chinese space station. What does this mean for the future of the space industry, and a China that’s trying to match its global influence with its economic success.

Join us for a conversation as we dive into the discussion on the space economy and China’s growing space ambitions. Thank you to our partners from the Space Foundation, the Secure World Foundation and the Caelus Foundation for making this event a possibility!

Tech Nationalism, an Inward-Looking China; a Digital Iron Curtain; the Technology Cold War. These are all expressions to describe the technology decoupling between the United States and China. While it can be argued that complete decoupling is next to impossible, domestic security concerns and the promotion of indigenous technologies to third-party countries ensure a technology rivalry that will get more intense in the years ahead. This is so much more than supply chain self-sufficiency but rest assured that this will play a vital role in determining the extent of technology engagement throughout the Biden administration and beyond. Join our conversation with Nina Xiang, author and founder of the China Money Network, as we discuss - "China's move to de-Americanize its supply chains."