China reformed its state sector before, in the late 1990s. Tens of millions were laid off at the time. That was scary and we had warnings of social u….

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that he will donate $45 billion of his wealth to philanthropy. Two years ago, my husband and I decided to endow $1….

Country [China] needs to continue opening up and keep connecting. It needs to realize that the world has become one. The old concept of isolation, th….

On the one hand the world is getting more integrated and we should not dismiss social values as "Western" when they are actually modern values. On th….

I firmly believe that digitalization has only just begun in China. In addition to the taxi, transport, shopping and hotel businesses, many other indu….

I used to ask myself why American universities are financed through endowments. Now I know: During the early days of America, the state was poor and ….

When we started out, we were among the first. Beijing had no and Shanghai had very few large buildings. At that time, it was all about building, buil….

We have become so quick and effective in building things today. It would be easy to build another Pyramid of Giza or another Great Wall. But these bu….

I am a runner. Last October, there was a marathon here in Beijing. I didn't participate this time, but friends told me that the run wasn't prepared t….

China has consistently surprised us. When I returned from the United States many years ago, it was unimaginable that we would end up where we are now….

Investors don't like uncertainty. The market is telling us that they need certainty, they need to see where the economy is heading. If the government….

Isolation means a lack of growth. I grew up in China at a time when the country was completely isolated. That era is over..

The question is not about whether it will work or not. It's how quickly we can pull it off. Structural change will happen. When economies grow, there….

But it is a worry that there have been so many delays in the reform of China's state-owned enterprises. We all know that private companies are run mo….

I think our legal system needs to be developed. Cases of citizens who are detained and then have to wait much too long for a trial - that is scary, f….

Growth will be slower, no one denies that. But the question is: Where are the chances and opportunities now? I see some positive and some negative tr….

No economy, no company, in fact no individual can develop its full potential today without embracing two fundamental trends - globalization and digit….

Chinese no longer crave so much for food and accommodation, but they do crave democracy. I stand by that. I don't know which model China will follow..

Many Chinese entrepreneurs are now donating for education; others support foundations in health care and research. None of us wants to be the richest….

I'm afraid what we are building today will not have the same impact and sustainability of the architecture of a 100, 500 or 1,000 years ago. The buil….

When we started out, we didn't really think that the era of great opportunity would end one day. We were much too busy developing our companies. But ….