Once deemed “the world’s factory,” China has transformed its modern legacy while continuing to thrive beyond expectation despite the international economic crisis. Now a global investor and capital exporter, China’s business relationship with the US is facing a shakeup, one that may encourage the establishment of major Chinese-owned enterprises on US soil and facilitate new [...]
Elizabeth Balkan Chris Brown The US-China relationship has entered into a new energy era, one where hope clashes with history and future collaboration is threatened by unnecessary competition. While the two nations are taking considerable steps toward the development and implementation of renewable energy technologies, their entangled dependence on coal remains; the US and China [...]
When I was a child my mother used to say to me, “eat your dinner; there are people starving in China!” Boy, how things have changed..or have they? As this century’s development miracle, slated to become the most economically powerful nation within the next twenty to thirty years, China is no longer considered a country impoverished. But, consider this: China today has the second largest population in the world living under the poverty line. And, while the average individual income in China’s cities is about US$6 a day, in the countryside it’s only US$2. Meet 25-year-old Casey Wilson, Co-founder of Wokai, a unique microfinance institution which aims to ensure that China’s rural populace is not left behind. I had the opportunity to chat with Ms. Wilson at length about her work with Wokai, NGO transparency, and the future of microfinance in China. While Wokai stands to redefine grassroots microfinance organizations and effectively raise the quality of life for tens of thousands of families in China’s countryside, Casey Wilson- for both her brilliance and her actions- is definitely one to watch. To learn more, read on:
(Calvin Chin, Founder of Qifang. Photo by Elliott Ng) Social enterprise has rapidly become the business model of the future, whether bundled into traditional corporate structures or formed by entrepreneurial not-for-profit organizations. At this year’s Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, it certainly appeared that nearly every nation in the world was working to harness social [...]
Environmental degradation is a global emergency that urgently calls for closer cooperation between East and West, inevitably transforming the way we all think about economic development and sustainable industry. As more companies shift their attention towards “green” solutions, the blended value business model of social enterprise has emerged as an approach which, as Greennovate Founder [...]
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