Across Southeast Asia, more than 35 million ethnic Chinese live as citizens of independent nation-states. Their families have been in the region for generations; their identity and loyalty are shaped by Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines—not by the modern Chinese state. Yet in recent years, China and her proxies have increasingly framed the…
I am co-Chairman and co-founder of Retech Technology Ltd, which is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. In 2010, I founded a training company, which I grew and merged with a larger technology company, which I eventually led to what was Australia’s largest tech IPO in 2017 (about 110m SGD). Our stock price has languished…
A few days ago I wrote on the cultural gaps I encountered at Davos; on my way back to Singapore, I stopped by Paris and spoke at the The France China Foundation about the cultural gaps in doing business in China. I am a freestyle speaker at such talks, and don’t have a script to…
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