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A woman works in a factory in Ganyu, Jiangsu Province, China

Asia Abridged Podcast: Can China Handle an Economic Crisis?

In this podcast short, Morgan Stanley's Ruchir Sharma praises Beijing's continued economic growth but notes that the government has never been tested with a downturn.
Jonathan Woetzel at Asia Society December 2017
New York

How Digitization Is Changing World Business

McKinsey's Jonathan Woetzel on how the 3 "D's" — disintermediation, disaggregation, and dematerialization — will transform global markets.
Neighbourhood Watch
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 /  Australia

Briefing MONTHLY #1 | November 2017

A new monthly update on Asia and Australia-Asia relations
[L-R] Alan Rosling & Karthik Reddy
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 /  India

Business Unusual: Startups and the Future of Entrepreneurship in India

Alan Rosling and Karthik Reddy discuss the spirit of entrepreneurship in India and the challenges faced by startups.
Dev Patel and Zari the muppet
Asia Game Changer Awards

Asia Society Honors Aga Khan, 8 Others in Dazzling Asia Game Changers Ceremony

Actor Dev Patel and musicians Wu Tong and Sonita Alizadeh were among the other honorees.
India Banking
New York

B. Sriram Visits Asia Society

The managing director of the Corporate Banking Group at the State Bank of India discusses India's economic outlook in a private conversation at Asia Society.
(Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)
New York

Why Global Political Instability Has Not Slowed the Stock Market

Rana Foroohar argues that investors view political events as "one-offs" and are more concerned with the behavior of the world's central bankers.
Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images
New York

How Big Tech Threatens the Global Economy

Companies like Google and Facebook have shifted from innovation to data monetization — and smaller and medium-sized firms are paying the price.
New York

How Technology Will Transform Urban Life

Car pods and vacuum trains are among the advancements that will drastically shorten travel times between cities, says Judith Rodin.
An Indian labourer works at a brick factory near Allahabad on April 30, 2017. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)

Asia Abridged Podcast: India's Missing Women Workers

Award-winning journalist Ellen Barry explores why so many Indian women are dropping from the workforce.
Representatives from award-winning companies at the 2017 Best Employer Awards Ceremony at the Asia Society in New York on May 24, 2017. (Ellen Wallop/Asia Society)

Asia Society Recognizes 2017 Best Employers for Asian Pacific Americans

Fourteen companies recognized at the 2017 Best Asian Pacific American Employer Awards at the Diversity Leadership Forum in New York.
Infographic: 2017 Asian Pacific Americans Corporate Survey

East Asians Less Likely to Occupy Leadership Roles than South Asians at US Companies, Asia Society Survey Finds

Gap may be caused by cultural differences between the two groups, with East Asians less likely to push for a promotion or raise.
Mei Lum at Wing on Wo & Co (Teddy Wolff)

Preserving — and Reinventing — New York’s Chinatown

With the restoration of her family's century-old shop, Mei Lum is showing that the neighborhood is more than just dim sum and fake handbags.
Arundhati Bhattacharya speaks at Asia Society in Hong Kong. (Asia Society)

State Bank of India Chief Recounts Being 'Pushed Off the Deep End' by Demonetization

Arundhati Bhattacharya discusses India's economic direction in 2017 and why she believes demonetization had a "groundswell of support."
Ellis Cowan/ Asia Society Australia
Australia

Event Recap | Executive Briefing with High Commissioner of India, Dr A.M. Gondane

India's economy is on the onward march. How does Australia play into this growth story? A recap of our roundtable with High Commissioner Gondane.
Robert Milliner
Australia

Event Recap | Executive Briefing with Former B20 Sherpa, Robert Milliner

Former B20 Sherpa, Robert Milliner, clarifies the state of free trade in Asia
Hong Kong

Video: China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story

Jim Stent assess the transformation of Chinese banks over the past 15 years.
Rana Foroohar speaks at the 2016 Concordia Summit - Day 1 at Grand Hyatt New York. (Riccardo Savi/Getty Images)

Rana Foroohar on How Finance's Growth Is Bad for Business

In this interview, the Turkish-American journalist also tells Asia Blog what disturbs her about the Trump administration.