Mitch Presnick 柏力
@mitchpresnick
Founder, Super 8 Hotels China 速8酒店. Visiting Fellow ‘25, Harvard Fairbank Center.
Check out my recent article, “The 4 Key Strengths of China’s Economy and What They Mean for Multinational Companies,” published today in @HarvardBiz. In it, I argue that leveraging China’s strengths is a preferable alternative to decoupling. hbr.org/2024/08/the-4-…
Reposting my full @NikkeiAsia op-ed here: “The Age of Doves and Hawks is Over. It's Time for the Owls” Mitch Presnick Published April 24, 2025 asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/The-ag… Owls do not charge blindly or preach idealism. They strike with focus, adapt to the dark, and act with…
I’m convinced that the sharp decline in the U.S. position vis China over the past decade stems largely from the fact that so many of the U.S.’s best thinkers—whether doves or hawks—remain trapped in outdated, binary ideological frameworks and emotional subjectivity. Link to my…
Two years ago, most foreign “China experts” were more focused on debating their value judgements about China’s rise—and whether it was truly rising—than on asking what lessons could be learned from it. The west is becoming more pragmatic and realistic, despite the China hawks.
China has done exactly what economic development theory suggests that all developing countries should do — and it has been really good at it. This is a fact, irrespective of one's value judgments regarding China's rise.
I’ve been reading flawed predictions about China’s imminent collapse for over 35 years—ever since I first set foot there. Gordon Chang even wrote a book titled The Coming Collapse of China back in 2001. It was just as persuasive to the uninformed then as some of today’s…
🚨 THE "CHINESE CENTURY" IS ALREADY OVER Trump’s tariffs exposed the truth: China isn’t the next America. It’s the next Japan—only older, poorer, weaker, and far more fragile. The “Chinese Dream” has became a nightmare. Here’s how it ends 🧵
Gordon, China’s lead in many key tech domains is no longer disputed—even by top U.S. tech leaders like Eric Schmidt, Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Elon Musk. The U.S. needs to approach this competition with far greater urgency. Posts like yours, which downplay China’s strengths,…
China’s regime is relentlessly touting its lead in technology, which is the best indication that it is not in fact leading.
Deindustrialization in the US has been a consistent, steady trend since the 1950s.
“While the West drowns in permit hearings and red tape, China poured 8 million cubic meters of concrete - non-stop - at Baihetan. Foreign engineers called it “insane”. That’s one word for getting lapped in manufacturing.”
🇨🇳CHINA’S CONSTRUCTION GAME IS STRAIGHT-UP INSANE While the West drowns in permit hearings and red tape, China poured 8 million cubic meters of concrete - non-stop - at Baihetan. Construction kicked off in 2017. Today, it stands as the world’s second-largest hydropower station,…
Hong Kong is Thriving (Again) as I Predicted in 2020 Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office of New York, on July 21, 2026: “1. Surge in Hong Kong’s assets under management Hong Kong experienced strong growth as a leading international asset and wealth management hub in 2024, with…