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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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No Turning Back the Clock for TikTok and its Broader Business Ramifications
March 26th, 2024
The United States (U.S.) government (USG) has long wanted to enervate TikTok, which hosts short-form videos and whose owner is China’s ByteDance. USG and subnational efforts have come in the form of Presidential Executive Orders, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) divestiture orders, proposed legislation in the US Congress, limitations by states like Montana and Texas, and restrictive measures at universities.
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Wong MNC Center News

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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Executive Director Jean-Marc F. Blanchard Meets with Director of the Institute of Security and International Studies Dr. Pongphisoot Busbarat at Chulalongkorn University
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...
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Executive Director Jean-Marc F. Blanchard Participates in “Mapping Fictitious Narratives: The Circulation and Persistence of the Chinese Debt Trap Narrative” at the University of Denver
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...
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Dr. Sebastian Bersick has joined the Wong MNC Center as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow
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/...
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Executive Director Jean-Marc F. Blanchard interviewed for Asian Sentinel story on Brilliance Boss’s HK Bribery Probe and Risks for JVs
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,...
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Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations book panel on Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas well received
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...
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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 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 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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