SNS: Asia Letter Q4 2016: Takeovers

by Scott Foster

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Asia Letter, Q4 2016:

    Takeovers

            by Scott Foster

                        Author of the new FiReBooks title Stealth Japan

"For America's friends and partners, ratifying the TPP is a litmus test of your credibility and seriousness of purpose. Every one of the TPP signatories has had to make sacrifices in order to accept the TPP agreement, and jointly bring about this win-win outcome."

- Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore,
 on a state visit to Washington, DC (Bloomberg, August 2, 2016)

 

"We should prevent Chinese representatives from penetrating into the boards of local [Taiwanese] chip companies to avoid possible technology leaks."

- Morris Chang, Chairman, TSMC (Nikkei, June 7, 2016)

 

"Our longer term vision is to work with Russia to implement a transformative new Silk Road: a cargo Hyperloop that whisks freight containers from China to Europe in a day."

- Hyperloop One co-founder Shervin Pishevar (TechCrunch, June 21, 2016)
[Ed. Note: Not to be confused with competitor Hyperloop
Transportation Technologies - a 2016 FiReStarter company]

 

"Indeed if the EU had displayed a tenth of the pragmatism and flexibility of ASEAN, Britain would still be a member."

- Peter Tasker, Writer, Analyst, and Japan Specialist
("Post-Brexit: A new era for Anglo-Asian relations," Nikkei, July 18, 2016)

 

Chinese Outbound M&A at a New High