Some excellent content this week. Enjoy!
- How Djibouti became China’s gateway to Africa: One of Africa’s smallest countries has become China’s “strategic partner.”
- Conversation with Håkan Samuelsson: On the transformation of Volvo Cars under Chinese ownership (Geely).
- Exit interview: Mark Mobius on 30 years of emerging markets.
- How Grab is giving Uber a run for its money in Southeast Asia: As per the headline.
- View from the top: Interview with Jeffrey Katzenberg, the co-founder and former CEO of Dreamworks Animation.
- The stock market is volatile again. Get used to it.: Op-ed from Ruchir Sharma, chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
- Massacre in Myanmar: How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed in a remote village.
- The man who bets Tencent’s “moonshot” money: David Wallerstein is guiding Chinese internet giant’s investments in electric flying cars, agriculture startups.
- Bide your time until a crash to enter market?: Studies show there is a cost to waiting and a buy-and-hold strategy mostly fares better.
- Why Silicon Valley is afraid of China: An interview with Zhaopin CEO Evan Guo.