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January 5th, 2024
The United States (US) has long been protective when it comes to its automotive sector as amply demonstrated by its high pickup truck tariffs, non-tariff barriers, and trade demands. Anxieties about job losses, interest in preserving American manufacturing, desires to defend America’s auto export share, concerns about trade deficits, and domestic politics all have played a role. These factors remain relevant, but new ones have been added to the mix.
October 4th, 2023
At the September 2023 Group of 20 meeting in New Delhi, the United States (US), India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the European Union (EU), and various European countries such as Germany signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for an India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC).

Wong MNC Center News

November 23rd, 2023
In late October, Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (Wong MNC Center), gave a talk to the Institute for International Studies and Public Policy, Royal University of Cambodia (Phnom Penh). During his talk, entitled, “How do We Approach International Relations as an IR Scholar? The Case of China’s Digital Silk Road in Malaysia and Thailand,” Dr. Blanchard discussed...
November 23rd, 2023
An October 21, 2023 story in Asian Sentinel entitled “Reduced BRI Expected to Offer Less Money” an interview with various experts including Dr. Jean-Marc. F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations. The story pondered the future of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with some forecasting that China would spend much less on the BRI while others projected that the BRI would emphasize “...
November 23rd, 2023
On October 12, 2024, Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (Wong MNC Center), met with Professor Pongphisoot Busbarat, Assistant Dean & Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, and Director of the Institute of Security and International Studies, both at Chulalongkorn University (Thailand). Among other topics, they...
November 23rd, 2023
In early October, Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (Wong MNC Center) participated in a workshop entitled “Mapping Fictitious Narratives: The Circulation and Persistence of the Chinese Debt Trap Narrative” at the University of Denver’s Korbel School of International Studies (USA). This workshop, which drew individuals from academic, research center/think tank...
August 26th, 2023
Dr. Sebastian Bersick has joined the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations as a Senior Research Fellow. Dr. Bersick is Professor of International Political Economy of East Asia and Vice-Dean, Faculty of East Asian Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany). He also is the Executive Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for European Union (EU)-Asia Connectivity. For more information, please visit https://mnccenter.org/...
August 26th, 2023
On August 13, 2023, Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, was interviewed by Asian Sentinel regarding the arrest in Hong Kong of the chairman of Brilliance China Automotive Holdings and the arrest’s potential implications for its joint venture partners, which include BMW and Renault. According to Asian Sentinel, Brilliance manufactures and sells certain types of cars,...
July 16th, 2023
On July 12, 2023, Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (Wong MNC Center), led a panel entitled “Diving into Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe” which was arranged for the 17th annual gathering of the “China Goes Global” conference (Bologna, Italy). The purpose of this panel was to disseminate the findings of the Wong MNC Center orchestrated book Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe...
June 20th, 2023
Dr. THAM Siew Yean has joined the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations as a Senior Research Fellow. She is Emeritus Professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) as well as Visiting Senior Fellow at Regional Economic Studies (RES), ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. For more information, please visit https://mnccenter.org/research-fellows.

Publications of Wong MNC Center Staff, Advisory Board Members, and Research Fellows

Selling to China: Stories of Success, Failure, and Constant Change

Kerr Gibbs, ed.

Dealing with China has never been easy for American businesses, but the situation has become more difficult in recent years due to China’s challenging contemporary economic situation, increased political and economic tensions between China and the United States (US), and the evolving political environment within China and the US, among other things. In this context, Selling to China (Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan, 2023), edited by Ker D. Gibbs, the former head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and an Advisory Board member of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H.

Fighting Monopolies: The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, India, and the Competition for the Marketplace of International Development

Amitendu Palit and Preety Phogal

“Fighting Monopolies,” co-authored by Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr. Amitendu Palit, explores India’s reluctance to participate in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) looking beyond traditionally emphasized factors like bilateral security concerns, domestic politics, and economic considerations. It contends that the BRI represents China’s bid to establish itself as the dominant player in the global development market, historically dominated by Western nations.

Wong MNC Center Publications & Sponsored Publications

Chinese Overseas ports in Europe and the Americas: Lessons for Businesspeople

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Chaitanya Pasupala

This special report distills the business lessons contained in Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, ed., Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas: Understanding Smooth and Turbulent Waters (London: Routledge, 2024).

Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas: Lessons for Policymakers

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Chaitanya Pasupala

This is a distillation of the policy lessons contained in Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, ed., Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas: Understanding Smooth and Turbulent Waters (London: Routledge, 2024).

Data Snapshots, Rankings, and Indexes

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Top Ten PRC Non-Financial Companies by Assets (2015, 2020, 2022)
Top Ten PRC Non-Financial firms by Assets, 2015, 2020, 2022
Annual Chinese Outward FDI Seemingly Plummeting since 2017
Japan and Korea long have been Vietnam's dominant FDI sources