Andrew Sheng

The writer is a distinguished Fellow of the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong and a member of the UNEP Advisory Council on Sustainable Finance.

Can AI unlock productivity and growth?

If you watched Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's remarkable presentation at Taipei Computex last month, you would be convinced that AI has ushered in a new Industrial Revolution, in which accelerated computing with the latest AI chips unleashed the power of doing everything faster, more efficiently, and with less energy

5m ago

Can tech giants solve climate change and social inequality?

The Great Tech story implies that the world will see a smaller group of winners who bigger clout than the rest.

7m ago

A global state of disunion

In other words, the world is in disunion not just from wealth and income disparities, but through the widening digital and knowledge application gaps.

8m ago

To be treated as equals to the West, the Global South must decolonise its minds

In an over-crowded planet, the system is inherently unstable when we attempt to resolve differences via conflict and war

10m ago

Has the West lost the Rest?

The images and news coming out of Gaza are so horrific that I cannot think of anything hopeful or constructive that can come of this cataclysm.

1y ago

How stable is the global financial system really?

The global financial system looks stable, because central banks have shifted more and more debt onto their books.

1y ago

Are we apes fighting over a burning planet?

The profit model of business has ignored climate change for too long.

1y ago

Will Singapore or Hong Kong finance the South’s next transition?

The global financial system is in a real bind.

1y ago
June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024

Can AI unlock productivity and growth?

If you watched Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's remarkable presentation at Taipei Computex last month, you would be convinced that AI has ushered in a new Industrial Revolution, in which accelerated computing with the latest AI chips unleashed the power of doing everything faster, more efficiently, and with less energy

April 14, 2024
April 14, 2024

Can tech giants solve climate change and social inequality?

The Great Tech story implies that the world will see a smaller group of winners who bigger clout than the rest.

March 27, 2024
March 27, 2024

A global state of disunion

In other words, the world is in disunion not just from wealth and income disparities, but through the widening digital and knowledge application gaps.

January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024

To be treated as equals to the West, the Global South must decolonise its minds

In an over-crowded planet, the system is inherently unstable when we attempt to resolve differences via conflict and war

November 4, 2023
November 4, 2023

Has the West lost the Rest?

The images and news coming out of Gaza are so horrific that I cannot think of anything hopeful or constructive that can come of this cataclysm.

October 21, 2023
October 21, 2023

How stable is the global financial system really?

The global financial system looks stable, because central banks have shifted more and more debt onto their books.

October 10, 2023
October 10, 2023

Are we apes fighting over a burning planet?

The profit model of business has ignored climate change for too long.

September 26, 2023
September 26, 2023

Will Singapore or Hong Kong finance the South’s next transition?

The global financial system is in a real bind.

September 24, 2023
September 24, 2023

Lacking moral capital to overcome climate paralysis

Amidst what the UN chief dubs “an era of global boiling,” we stand at the abyss of a paradigm cataclysm, yet remain paralysed in our actions. 

September 14, 2023
September 14, 2023

The unending cycle of war and peace

Ukraine is a moral tragedy, whereby no one wants to take tough decisions for peace, preferring to wage war in which hundreds of thousands have died, millions have migrated and the unspoken outcome is nuclear.