Allow retired ministers to sit in policy making bodies
The two senior negotiators in the China delegation to the Alaska meeting with the US were Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi (the current foreign minister). I checked the background of Yang Yiechi. I was surprised to learn that he is more senior than Wang Yi. Indeed, YJ was the foreign minister of China from 2007 to 2013. I was amazed...
Reputation Is A Nebulous Thing
Last Friday (18 March 2021) I attended the Asia Debt & Debt Restructuring Forum 2021 at the Pan Pacific Hotel. This was an event organised by Asian Legal Business, a division of Thomson Reuters and it was a chance to distressed debt investors and restructuring professionals to get together. The single most memorable panel...
Did You Know
Sharing an article which "received 22 reactions, 5 comments and 18 shares" can damage the reputation of a (prime) minister, a reputation which took 37 years to build. The damage is so serious and extensive that he has to be compensated $130,000. A one-man holding up a cardboard smiley can potentially cause a riot. Planting a...
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