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Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel: That Blast(ed) Furnace
December 10, 2025
At the beginning of December, it was announced that United States (U.S.) Steel, a subsidiary of Japan’s Nippon Steel, would…
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Curtain Down on ACT 7 & I Takeover Drama: It Wasn’t the Politics
October 15, 2025
After ten months, the curtain came down on Alimentation Couche-Tarde (ACT)’s attempt to buy Seven & I Holdings (7&i), best…
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Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Wong MNC Center Executive Director, interviewed for South China Morning Post story on the China Investment Corporation
December 5, 2025
A story dated November 14, 2025, in the South China Morning Post on the China Investment Corporation (CIC) quotes Dr.…
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Executive Director Jean-Marc F. Blanchard appeared on Class CNBC in late October to discuss China’s 15th 5-year plan
December 5, 2025
In late October 2025, Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for…
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Dr. May-Tan Mullins joins the Wong MNC Center as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow
October 4, 2025
Dr. May-Tan Mullins has joined the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (Wong MNC…
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FinanceAsia interviewed Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard for story on Chinese outbound foreign direct investment
August 13, 2025
On August 12, 2025, FinanceAsia interviewed Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study…
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Wong MNC Center Hosts and Co-Sponsors China Goes Global 2025
August 8, 2025
In mid-July 2025, the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (Wong MNC Center) hosted…
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Kasetsart University Faculty of International Maritime Studies (Thailand) hosts Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard for special campus tour
April 30, 2025
Following the conclusion of the 3rd International Conference in Southeast Asia on the Future of Maritime Technology & Use of…
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Southeast Asia as a Window into the Effects of Chinese Outward FDI

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
October 18, 2025
This chapter represents the introduction to The Effects of Chinese FDI in Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2026).  The impact of outward…

The Effects of COFDI in Thailand

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Soavapa Ngampramuan
October 18, 2025
There are competing views about what Chinese outward FDI (OFDI) can do for or will do to Thailand.  Unfortunately, the…

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The Effects of Chinese FDI in Southeast Asia: Cheer, Commonsense, and Clarification along the Belt and Road

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
October 18, 2025
This book explores the economic and political effects of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (COFDI) through in-depth and comparative analyses…

China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN

Min-Hua Chiang
October 18, 2025
Insufficient attention has been paid to the limits of the statistics informing work on Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI). …

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TiKTok off the Dock? Flattening Chinese Platforms; Fab about Selling Chips and Chip Making Equipment; Crisis over East Asian Tech Regulation; Intelligence about AI Regulation

January 15, 2026
In this episode, we discuss the non-definitive definitive TikTok divestiture deal. We then examine challenges facing Chinese platforms such as…

Thirty Minutes of Tips from Top Talent: Mr. Eric Sundheim

December 17, 2025
In this segment of "Thirty Minutes of Tips from Top Talent," we interview Mr. Eric Sundheim, Principal & CEO, Mercovus…

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