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….

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….

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 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 ….

But the higher our standard of living, the higher our levels of education, the further people will look around. And we can see which level of opennes….

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….

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

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….

It is worthwhile to engage in something that is close to one's heart. I had a scholarship. So if I donate money to give brilliant Chinese students an….

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….

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….

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….

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….

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….

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….

We are not very good at this. Our success rests on our international experience and on our ability to read the market. And I contest the notion that ….

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 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….

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

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

I have a profound dislike for showing off one's material wealth. This is insensitive and it is not what human hearts are made for. But what I like ab….