Tan Kong Yam
THE WRITER, A FORMER CHIEF ECONOMIST OF THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT, IS EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. HE WAS A SENIOR ECONOMIST AT THE WORLD BANK’S OFFICE IN BEIJING FROM JUNE 2002 TO JUNE 2005.
Can China’s ‘slow bull’ market succeed?
Beijing wants to build a hybrid capital market that boosts tech self-sufficiency, financial autonomy
Resilience over returns: How China’s economic model sparks a rethink about global competition
In an era of geopolitical fragmentation, financial scale matters less than physical resilience
Why Zohran Mamdani won New York’s mayoral race: The revolt of the ‘struggling yuppies’
His triumph reflects a profound shift in New York City’s political economy
The new rare earth Cold War: China’s trump card in US tariff poker?
The confrontation embodies a broader reality: interdependence no longer guarantees stability – it guarantees leverage
The wind beneath China’s wings: New productive forces
The country is aiming for technological self-sufficiency, financial stability and global leadership in an era of economic transformation and geopolitical competition
