Korean pension fund backs corporate royals again
March 9, 2020
Huge pension body continues to protect troubled corporate dynasties, undermining reform efforts
By Geoffrey Cain
Asia Times
Mar 23, 2019
Huge pension body continues to protect troubled corporate dynasties, undermining reform efforts
By Geoffrey Cain
Asia Times
Mar 23, 2019
A U-turn over a free-trade agreement he once championed has critics of the South Korean president questioning both his loyalty to the US and his ability to deliver a more equitable economy
By David Josef Volodzko
South China Morning Post
Mar 4, 2018
Combustible smartphones are a symptom of deeper management problems at the Korean company.
By Geoffrey Cain
The Wall Street Journal
Oct 12, 2016
If schools are a reflection of society, then they show Cambodia to be a limp and defeated nation. On the first day of class, Cambodian children learn they must bribe their teachers to get good grades, a practice that continues for the 3% of them who make it to college.
By Geoffrey Cain
The Wall Street Journal
May 19, 2011
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For years, Tim Cook insisted Apple could change China from the inside. Instead, China changed Apple.
The latest evidence? Apple spent billions developing cutting-edge electric vehicle battery technology with Chinese automaker BYD, only to watch its innovations become the cornerstone of BYD’s rise to global electric vehicle dominance. Apple walked away with nothing. China walked away with everything.
This isn’t just another story about corporate research and development gone wrong. It’s a cautionary tale about how even America’s most valuable company has become trapped in China’s web of technological control — and how that web is about to tighten even further.