Since the end of the Cold War, the West has strengthened its position on the world stage by maintaining a tight alliance among democratic nations. In the meantime, China has emerged as a powerful nation, competing directly with the USA across a range of industry sectors. Does China pose a genuine threat? Ronnie C. Chan, one of Hong Kong's most prominent business figures and Honorary Chairman of Asia Society, offers his unique perspectives on US-China relations.

<p>Ronnie C. Chan is Chairman of Hang Lung Group Limited and its subsidiary Hang Lung Properties Limited. Both are publicly listed companies in Hong Kong, with the latter being a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Index. Founded in 1960, the Group has been expanding into mainland China since 1992. Mr. Chan co-founded the Morningside group. In the past 26 years, Morningside and its associates owned and managed companies focusing on manufacturing, public transport operations, outdoor advertising, media, healthcare, online game operators, high tech and biotech investments in mainland China, developmental capital investments in Southeast Asia, manufacturing and distribution in Europe, and service industries, biotech and other venture capital investments in North America. In Hong Kong and the mainland of China, Mr. Chan is Chairman of the Executive Committees of One Country Two Systems Research Institute and of Better Hong Kong Foundation, Convenor of Hong Kong Development Forum, a Vice President of The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, a Governing Board member of China-United States Exchange Foundation, an Advisor and former Vice President of China Development Research Foundation in Beijing, and a former Trustee of China Foreign Affairs University. </p><p> Internationally, Mr. Chan is Co-Chair of the Board of Asia Society and Chairman of its Hong Kong Center, a founding Trustee of African-Asian Society and a Director of the Board of Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics.</p>

The US-China Power Struggle

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