Op Eds & Articles

Head of Oil Independence Policies at Better Place – the global provider of electric vehicle networks and services – talks to the Israel-Asia Center about the company’s pilot projects in China and Japan and why he believes China is the tipping point for electric vehicles.

China water and energy expert, Dr. Richard Hardiman, provides an in-depth analysis of China’s energy and climate change challenges and what it’s doing to green-up.

Professor D. Balasubramanian is President of the Indian Academy of Sciences and Director of Research at the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute in the State of Hyderabad.

Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jun on the Shanghai Expo, and challenges of urbanization and sustainability facing China’s growing cities.

Mr. Jackie Eldan is the Consul General of the State of Israel in Shanghai.

Here he talks with the Israel-Asia Center’s David Harris about Israel’s pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai and how Israel’s participation is helping pave better cultural and economic relations with China.

Prof. Joseph Shalhevet became Israel’s first official representative to China prior to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1992. “Our presence gradually instilled into the consciousness of the international community, especially in the Middle East, that the normalization of relations between China and Israel is an irreversible process.”

Ornit Avidar – Partner at China Israel Value Capital Private Equity Fund – discusses the path towards Israel-China cooperation in innovation

Amir Gal Or is Founder & Managing Partner of Infinity-equity and Infinity I-China, a private equity firm which serves as a bridge for Israeli-Chinese business initiatives.  “We pick our investments together with our Chinese team where we think there is mutual value – or mostly, where we can add value to Chinese companies through Israeli technology”

Mr. Avraham Nir is the newly appointed Consul General to Israel’s Consulate in Guangzhou, China, which was opened in March, 2009. Prior to this post, Mr. Nir also served in Beijing, Shanghai, Thailand, Nepal and Vietnam.

China is emerging as a new land of opportunity amidst the floodwaters of the global economic crisis. Buoyed by strong fundamentals and sound management, China appears to be weathering the crisis better than most.