EPISODE 100 | Featuring His Excellency, Dominic Barton, Ambassador of Canada to the People’s Republic of China, with Executive Director at the CCBC, Sarah Kutulakos

<p><strong>Ambassador Barton Topics Discussed and Key Points:</strong></p><p>●      The major trends witnessed by Ambassador Barton in China since the early 2000s</p><p>●      What lessons should the West learn from China’s drastic growth over the past two decades?</p><p>●      Why Ambassador Barton wrote China Vignettes in 2008 and the book’s main takeaways</p><p>●      Key thinkers and thought leaders in China and the broader APAC region that Ambassador Barton follows</p><p><strong>Sarah Kutulakos Topics Discussed and Key Points:</strong></p><p>●      The most promising sectors in China today</p><p>●      What the West can learn from China</p><p>●      How business relationships between China and the West may change</p><p>●      Whether China is experience an over supply of white-collar workers</p><p>●      Interesting pivots that have taken place in response to the pandemic</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Episode Summary:</strong></p><p><strong>Dominic Barton, Canadian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.</strong></p><p>Previously, he spent close to 20 years working for McKinsey &amp; Company with a focus on China, at first serving as Chairman of Asia for the firm before taking the helm of Global Managing Director from 2009 to 2018 amid China’s rising prominence on the world stage.</p><p>Other leadership roles that Ambassador Barton has held in the business world include Chairman of Teck Resources and as Non-Executive Director at the Singtel Group in Singapore and Investor AB in Sweden.</p><p>Speaking on the trends he has personally seen play out over the past 15 years in China, Ambassador Barton notes that urbanization, infrastructure and logistics, education and the bolstering of human capital, and technocratic leadership have all been top priorities for the country, and will continue to be through to 2030 and perhaps even beyond.</p><p>There are many lessons that the West can take away from China’s drastic growth over the past two decades, the most important of which, according to A