Financial services

Assessing the effect of trade-based money laundering on terror financing. An Asian perspective.

Demonstrating a terrorist financing typology, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) documented a case study involving an alternative remittance system…

1 year ago

Credit ratings in China: pushing a narrative built in wonderland

On May 12, one of China’s largest property developers, Sunac China Holdings, admitted that it had defaulted on a $750…

2 years ago

Russia’s pivot to China: a choice between Scylla and Charybdis?

The sanctions imposed on Russia following the Ukraine crisis gave powerful impetus and made even those who had previously been…

3 years ago

Hong Kong, a city of sorrow…

On March 4, 2021, Asia Power Watch founder & editor Nicolas Michelon gave a lecture at the University of Central…

3 years ago

Why China’s soft power erodes in an outspoken age

Lunar New Year celebrations, typically in February, are a chance to promote Chinese culture abroad. But this year’s festive updates…

3 years ago

Mercantilism in the 21st century: an introspection

This article was originally published on Econfinity, on September 17, 2020. Thank you to the authors, Manjari Balu, assisted by…

4 years ago

HSBC caught in the middle of the US-China tech war

On June 9, 2020, the US Department of State issued a press statement on “China’s attempted coercion of the United…

4 years ago