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decade stems largely from the fact that so many of the U.S.’s best thinkers—whether doves or hawks—remain trapped in outdated, binary ideological frameworks and emotional subjectivity.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.
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…
On the Development of Exponential Technology and the Growing Gap With Human Evolution: Exponential Organizations in an Analog World What causes me apprehension isn’t AI itself, but the convergence of AI, automation, robotics, and multinational corporations—entities that are…
I witnessed firsthand a mutually beneficial and highly symbiotic Sino-U.S. relationship period which precipitated China’s growth boom from 1988 through 2003. During those early 15 years, China relied heavily on foreign direct investment and access to Western export markets to…
Curious to understand your point, I'm raising this counter point. Why should we see a country's growth, pitting it against another, instead of seeing it as its unique independent growth? And why should a country look for an American approval of its model?
“It is not difficult to gather fools around you; you have only to start speaking and continue speaking, no matter what. In a few days you will have gathered a whole band of followers, because there are always people more stupid than you in this world. To find disciples all you…
Every day I have to skip the China experts predicting the collapse of China any minutes now. China certainly has its own issues but I can’t believe how how the so called China experts such as Gordon Chang have so many followers.
Sean Stein, the new president of @USChinaBusiness is a very experienced and pragmatic #ChinaOwl scmp.com/economy/global…
Primary credit belongs to China’s planning and execution, though both that and America’s political missteps played major roles. The U.S. has never faced a nation that rose so rapidly and comprehensively—especially under a socialist system. American policymakers have long…
I don't think it is failure of US politics, but a systematic, sincere and dedicated mega planning by Chinese leaders, greatly aided by their political system which makes it inevitable and necessary to work hard for public welfare, that made China of today. It is largely aided in…