HeyJaredYasheng Huang
Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management. Author of The Rise and Fall of the EAST and Statism with Chinese Characteristics: A History of Reforms and Reversals in China.
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How the Trump-Xi Summit Can Be a Win (opens the original)
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I usually refrain from commenting on current events, something I do not have a comparative advantage in vis-a-vis people in the media and think tank community. That said, reading some of the commentaries on the Trump-Xi summit, I am beginning to think I may have a modest absolute advantage over some of the commentators out there. Still I should stay in my lane.Except this time.Many commentators have criticized the pageantry, the ceremonial excesses, and the lack of substance of the Trump-Xi summ
The ultimate source of Chinese political stability—civilian control of the military (opens the original)
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The two governments should talk to each other about AI and about broader topics on science and technology (opens the original)
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I do not have high hope that the forthcoming Trump and Xi summit will lead to meaningful discussions on AI. But the two governments should talk to each other about AI. In 2024, I wrote a piece in Nature magazine calling for the two governments coming together on some sort of consensus on AI and on scientific collaborations. Please see the piece, “Why US–China relations are too important to be left to politicians: In an age of geopolitical tensions, researchers need to be realistic and think beyo
The Immoral Consequences of Economic Slowdown (opens the original)
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One of the best books I have ever read on economic development is Benjamin M. Friedman’s The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth. The book is about the effect of economic growth on the character of a society. Professor Friedman argues that growth, when it is broadly shared, elevates the moral character of a society. There is more tolerance of differences of ideas and ethnicities, more generosity toward people who have less, more openness to outsiders, more fairness and a stronger commitment to
Would future China ever have a “Veil of Ignorance” moment? (opens the original)
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The following is an excerpt from Chapter 11 of my 2023 book, The Rise and the Fall of the EAST. An autocracy showers elites with privileges and power. Ultimately, it is also the elites who exercise decision rights on the future of their country. Is there a self-interes
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