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Political analyst and academic Kerry Brown explains that the Opening up and Reform has led to legitimise China’s political leadership December 2018 will mark a big moment in China’s calendar of anniversaries of major events. Around 20th December 1978, increasingly influenced by the veteran leader Deng Xiaoping, but officially under the Chairman’s chosen successor Hua Guofeng, a newly reinvigorated (for the second time) post-Mao era leadership declared that Communist members …

As part of our Women in Leadership series, Anne Wong of Universal Pictures realises that it’s OK to make mistakes When I began a career in advertising in the ’80s, the world was a different place. The charts were topped with the sounds of George Michael, telling me I “gotta have Faith”, Belinda Carlisle was crooning “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and Patrick Swayze was dirty dancing to the …

Hannah Wanjie Ryder, the CEO of Development Reimagined talks to Tracy Driscoll about her journey to leadership and views on gender diversity Tell me about your role now and the path you took to get here I’m a diplomat and economist turned entrepreneur. I’ve just opened a new international development consultancy and think-tank in Beijing – called “Development Reimagined” in English, and “睿纳新国际咨询” in Chinese – meaning far-sighted and innovative. …

VP of Public Relations and Corporate Communications of JLR, Priscilla shares her journey to leadership and views on gender diversity Tell me about your role now and the path you took to get here  I have had the good fortune to work in one of the most dynamic and competitive industries in China – the automotive industry – for more than a decade. Perhaps somewhat less fortunately, my roles in …

With China’s increasing prominence on the global stage, Kerry Brown thinks it’s time for a new cross-cultural dialogue One of the frustrations of dealing with China in the decade after it entered the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001 was the ways in which, almost daily, the People’s Republic was clearly an emerging economic superpower but one that continued to act diplomatically like it belonged to the middle ranks. The …