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India’s China Dreamin’ and Implications for Foreign Businesses
March 31, 2026
India recently loosened foreign direct investment (FDI) policy strictures geared towards Chinese FDI.  It specifically allowed automatic approval of FDI…
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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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Asian Sentinel interviews Wong MNC Center Executive Director for article on Donald Trump-Xi Jinping Summit
March 21, 2026
On March 11, 2026, the Asian Sentinel interviewed Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H.…
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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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“Laying Anchor Into Chinese Overseas Ports”

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
January 27, 2026
On January 27, Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of…

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…

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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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Thirty Minutes of Tips from Top Talent: Mr. Ken Wilcox

March 17, 2026
This episode features Ken Wilcox, the author of The China Business Conundrum and former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank (2001-2011),…

Cashing In and Cashiering Chips; Nipping at Nexperia; Discharging Mergers, Software, and Batteries; Timed Out or Time Out for Tik Tok Deal; Groping for GROK

February 20, 2026
This show starts by covering the ups and downs associated with the sale of advanced Nvidia and AMD AI chips…

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