Ying Ma's Blog, page 22
March 3, 2014
U.S. Business Sentiments in China and a Rising China’s Foreign and Domestic Policies
, March 1, 2014
On Tuesday, February 25, the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Shanghai released its China Business Report for 2013-2014. The report is one of the longest running surveys of American businesses in China, and tracks their responses on topics including top line business performance, growth expectations, challenges and trends to watch.
Kenneth Jarrett, President of AmCham Shanghai and former U.S. consul general in Shanghai, joined China Takes Over the World to talk about the survey’s findings. We discussed the level of optimism among U.S. businesses operating in China, the country’s shift to a services-oriented economy, and what the American business community perceives as the key challenges for doing business in China.
In the second half of the show, China Takes Over the World spoke with Andrew Browne, senior correspondent and columnist for The Wall Street Journal, about China’s arrival on the global stage as a superpower, its growing confidence in the foreign policy realm, and how it is tackling massive challenges at home. Browne’s column, “China’s World,” appears in the Wall Street Journal Asia on Wednesdays.
Hosted by Ying Ma, China Takes Over the World is a show that explores the myriad issues related to China’s rising economic, political and military influence in the world. The program airs at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday in Hong Kong on RTHK, the city’s public broadcast station. Previous episodes of the show are available via podcast on iTunes.
To listen to the latest episode, please click 
February 22, 2014
China’s Economic Reform and Competitiveness
, February 22, 2014
Last November, the Chinese Communist Party issued a major communiqué that emphasized the need to reduce the role of government and allow the market to play a “decisive role in allocating resources.” Is the Chinese leadership serious about undertaking further economic liberalization? If so, will these reforms usher in large-scale privatization or simply result in measures that would merely make the state sector more efficient and better able to serve the interests of the Party?
And how does China’s economic competitiveness rate compared to that of the United States? Is Beijing’s top-down economic approach really the way to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the 21st century?
These issues were discussed in the second episode of China Takes Over the World, a new program that explores the rise of China’s economic, political and military influence in the world. Hosted by Ying Ma, the series airs weekly on RTHK, Hong Kong’s public broadcast station.
The following guests appeared on the show:
-Robert Herbold, former COO of Microsoft and Managing Director of the Herbold Group, LLC.
-Barry Naughton, Professor of Chinese Economy at the University of California San Diego, and editor of Wu Jinglian: Voice of Reform in China (MIT Press: 2013)
To listen to the discussion, please click 
China’s Economic Reforms and Competitiveness
, February 22, 2014
Last November, the Chinese Communist Party issued a major communiqué that emphasized the need to reduce the role of government and allow the market to play a “decisive role in allocating resources.” Is the Chinese leadership serious about undertaking further economic liberalization? If so, will these reforms usher in large-scale privatization or simply result in measures that would merely make the state sector more efficient and better able to serve the interests of the Party?
And how does China’s economic competitiveness rate compared to that of the United States? Is Beijing’s top-down economic approach really the way to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the 21st century?
These issues were discussed in the second episode of China Takes Over the World, a new program that explores the rise of China’s economic, political and military influence in the world. Hosted by Ying Ma, the series airs weekly on RTHK, Hong Kong’s public broadcast station.
The guests for this episode were:
-Robert Herbold, former COO of Microsoft and Managing Director of the Herbold Group, LLC.
-Barry Naughton, Professor of Chinese Economy at the University of California San Diego, and editor of Wu Jinglian: Voice of Reform in China (MIT Press: 2013)
To listen to the discussion, please click
February 15, 2014
Regional Tensions in Asia
, February 15, 2014
Regional tensions in Asia have been high since China established a new
air defense identification zone in the East China Sea last November. The
zone covers small island groups that are disputed between China and its
neighbors in East Asia. Washington and Tokyo have both condemned China
for attempting to unilaterally change the regional status quo, but China
sees Washington as taking Japan’s side and Japan as having stolen the disputed
territory from China.
What implications do these maritime disputes have for regional security
and how does nationalism in East Asia exacerbate the security conflicts?
These issues were discussed in the inaugural episode of China Takes over the World, a new program that explores the rise of China’s economic, political and military influence in the world. Hosted by Ying Ma, the series airs weekly on RTHK, Hong Kong’s public broadcast station.
The following guests appeared in this first episode.
-Prof. Toshi Yoshihara, John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies, U.S. Naval War College
-Prof. Xu Xin, Associate Director of the China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program, Cornell University
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February 14, 2014
China’s Failed Effort to Export Outrage Over Japan
The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time, February 14, 2014
–by Ying Ma
With Secretary of State John Kerry visiting Beijing this week, China would like to see the United States express indignation over Japan’s efforts to whitewash its history from World War II. In service of that goal, Chinese diplomats have launched an unprecedented public relations blitz, arguing in dozens of op-eds and television interviews that Japan needs to be made to account for its past aggression.
On the issue of history, China’s diplomats have been convincing. Yet their message has largely fallen on deaf ears in the U.S., particularly in Congress. The lack of moral outrage in the U.S. on China’s behalf illustrates just how difficult a task the world’s most populous country faces in overcoming American fears over its growing assertiveness.
Read the entire piece on WSJ.com.
January 26, 2014
Prevailing Over Poverty Through Personal Responsibility
Clinton School of Public Service, January 21, 2014
Little Rock, AR–Ying Ma spoke at the Clinton School of Public Service about her book, Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, and highlighted the importance of hard work and personal responsibility in the fight against poverty. She also emphasized the need to speak honestly about racial discrimination, including when it is perpetrated by minorities.
To view the speech, please click here.
Prevailing Over Poverty via Personal Responsibility
Clinton School of Public Service, January 21, 2014
Little Rock, AR–Ying Ma spoke at the Clinton School of Public Service about her book, Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, and highlighted the importance of hard work and personal responsibility in the fight against poverty. She also emphasized the need to speak honestly about racial discrimination, including when it is perpetrated by minorities.
To view the speech, please click here.
October 7, 2013
“Isolationists” vs. Interventionists in the GOP
Reagan Ranch Center, October 5, 2013
Ying Ma spoke about liberty, conservatism and foreign policy at the Road to Freedom Seminar recently held at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, California. Hosted by the Young America’s Foundation October 3-5, 2013, the conference was attended by college students from around the country.
In her talk, Ying Ma discussed the schism within the GOP between the so-called isolationists and internationalists, highlighted conservatism’s emphasis on prudence and skepticism of large government undertakings, including in foreign interventions, and noted that “esoteric, intellectual debates” are very important for articulating a coherent conservative foreign policy.
To view the speech, please click here or use the video player below.
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October 6, 2013
The Road to Freedom
Reagan Ranch Center, October 5, 2013
Ying Ma appeared on a panel discussion about conservatism and free enterprise at the Road to Freedom Seminar at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, California. Hosted by the Young America’s Foundation, the conference was attended by college students from around the country. In her comments, Ying Ma spoke about the need to combat the intellectual intolerance of the left, make conservatism fun and provide a strong defense for free markets and free enterprise,
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Road to Freedom
Reagan Ranch Center, October 5, 2013
Ying Ma appeared on a panel discussion about conservatism and free enterprise at the Road to Freedom Seminar at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, California. Hosted by the Young America’s Foundation, the conference was attended by college students from around the country. In her comments, Ying Ma spoke about the need to combat the intellectual intolerance of the left, make conservatism fun and provide a strong defense for free markets and free enterprise,
To view the speech, please click here or use the video player below.
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