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A Somewhat Tightening Vise on US FDI in Chinese High-Tech: Death by 1000 Cuts… or So…
November 16th, 2024
The United States (US) recently issued a “Final Rule” to implement President Joseph Biden’s August 2023 Executive Order titled “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern.” They both target persons from the People’s Republic of China.
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Making Signals out of Tesla Turns and its Implications for Foreign Firms
July 18th, 2024
Tesla’s top brass, employees, and shareholders must be charged up about the surfeit of good news in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over roughly the past three months after the world’s most famous electric vehicle (EV) firm hit a slew of potholes there. In late April, PRC Premier Li Qiang hosted Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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Wong MNC Center News

Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, delivers keynote speech at 18th Annual China Goes Global Conference
November 21st, 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), served as a keynote speaker at the 18th Annual China Goes Global Conference held at EM-Lyon Business School (Paris, France). At this gathering, attracting researchers and practitioners from around the world, Dr. Blanchard gave a speech entitled “Learning the Ropes about Chinese Overseas Ports,” using the Wong MNC...
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U.S. Air War College Hosts Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, for Speech on China’s Belt and Road Initiative in early November 2024
November 21st, 2024
On November 5, 2024, Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, gave a speech entitled “High, Low, and No Speed along the BRI” for the “Great Power Studies” course at the United States (US) Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama. In his speech, Dr. Blanchard offered some basics about China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), BRI aims, and shortcomings in the study of the BRI...
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Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, queried by Finance Asia about Chinese Outward FDI Trends
November 21st, 2024
This October 15, 2024 Finance Asia piece by Han Shih Toh discusses evolving patterns in the volumes, geographic, and sectoral destination of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI). Responding to queries from Toh, Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, said he did not accept that Chinese outward FDI (OFDI) is becoming “small and beautiful.’” He noted that it...
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Rest of World interviews Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, regarding Microsoft China's decision to relocate a large number of employees
November 21st, 2024
Rest of World interviewed Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, on July 23, 2024 regarding Microsoft’s decision to relocate a large number of employees outside of China. The story probed what had brought Microsoft to China and what was driving its decision to adjust its employment there at a time when it faced increasing Congressional pressures in the US. Viola Zhou,...
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Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations Orchestrates Successful Workshop on Chinese Overseas Ports in Africa and the Middle East
July 12th, 2024
In early July 2024, the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (Wong MNC Center) orchestrated a 1-1/2 day workshop on Chinese overseas ports in Africa and the Middle East. This workshop, organized, hosted, and sponsored by the Wong MNC Center, brought together academics, analysts, and researchers from universities, government research institutions, and independent think tanks in China, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Tanzania, the United...
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Executive Director Jean-Marc F. Blanchard interviewed for FinanceAsia story on Implications of US Government Restrictions on Investment in China
July 12th, 2024
On May 7, 2024, FinanceAsia interviewed Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations about the implications of US government restrictions on portfolio investment in Chinese assets, the direction of American policy on investment restrictions, and the potential direct and indirect effect of restrictions on China. Dr. Blanchard forecast more American Congressional measures to...
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Executive Director Jean-Marc F. Blanchard Presents Wong MNC Center Research Projects at 2024 International Studies Association Annual Meeting
May 7th, 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), made two separate presentations of Wong MNC Center research projects at the 2024 International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. The ISA Annual Meeting is one of the world’s largest gatherings of international relations and foreign policy specialists. In one speech entitled “...
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Executive Director Jean-Marc F. Blanchard Gives Speech at Royal University of Cambodia
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...
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Executive Director Jean-Marc F. Blanchard Interviewed for Asian Sentinel story on the Future of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
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 “...
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Publications of Wong MNC Center Staff, Advisory Board Members, and Research Fellows

Disconnecting European Companies and Countries?

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Bas Hooijmaaijers

In “Disconnecting European Companies and Countries? Case studies Call for Modulating Worries about China’s Digital Silk Road,” part of a special issue of the top-ranked European Journal of International Management focusing on China’s Digital Silk Road (DSR), 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”), and Dr.

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.

Wong MNC Center Publications & Sponsored Publications

Chinese Overseas ports in Southeast and South Asia

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard

This book examines PRC “involved” seaports overseas, where involvement can take the form of PRC foreign direct investment (FDI), contracting, and/or terminal operations, in countries such as Cambodia, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Including country-oriented chapters, the book sheds light on inter alia the realization (or not) of Chinese seaports, the effects of Chinese participation on port performance, trade, FDI, employment, and the environment, and the wider economic, political, and other ramifications of China’s role.

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).

Data Snapshots, Rankings, and Indexes

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Top Investing Countries in India, Mexico, and Vietnam (various years)
US FDI in India, Mexico, and Vietnam by Sector*, 2016-2022
US FDI in India, Mexico, and Vietnam by Sector,* 2016-2022
Top Ten PRC Non-Financial Companies by Assets (2015, 2020, 2022)
Top Ten PRC Non-Financial firms by Assets, 2015, 2020, 2022

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