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2016.01.29
Happy New Year to all the friends of CoStone Capital!
The most beautiful moments always seemed to accelerate and slip beyond one’s grasp. It was not until the Spring Festival did we realize a year had passed. We should make use of the spring break to read more masterpieces and reflect our lives.
We should get rid of materialism. Erich Fromm once said, “Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” People crave for wealth, reputation and high position which represent the universal pursuits of life. Once emperors enjoyed endless fame and enormous wealth for hundreds of years, but ended up nothing. Our ignorance of life and fate will drown ourselves in those universal pursuits. Reading and artist competence can fail us, too. Poets, calligraphers, pianists and philosophers can kill as well. Then How to live a meaningful life?
I’m Going to Retire on Mars is a biography of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla. This book records how Musk’s became a symbol of success and miracle in the Silicon Valley. Just like Steve Jobs, they are both the rebels in many industries and geniuses crossing multiple fields and circles. They hold on to strong faith and are fully convinced that they are the game changers. This book can give you a glimpse of one of the greatest minds in tech circle and hints of becoming successful.
This is the second classics of Liu Yu we have recommended. As one of the most important key opinion leaders in China, Liu Yu has many followers. Compared with her previous works, Liu Yu focuses more on the politics and democracy of east Asia, central and east Europe. Regarding democracy, some countries are at the same page as China, which gives Chinese readers hospitality. The Critical Notions of Democracy covers a wide range of notions from democracy to livelihood. The author stitches pieces of information and present a whole picture of the process of democracy in various countries.
Pr. Xu Ben believes that elites are able to promote education, enhance trust and improve social governance. Those who own enormous wealth and power in China are not yet elites. Without justified allocation systems, those who have no special and outstanding talent can succeed and make a fortune. Such an injustice allocation system will benefit people who take illegal shortcuts. Liberal education is of great importance to cultivate true elites. This book selects an essential reading list in the West about how to improve liberal education and gives a reflection on the current education systems in China.
Fall of Qing Empire is a masterpiece of the history of Qing Dynasty. Pr. Zhang Ming, the world-renowned historian, analyzes the rise and fall of Qing Empire and explores the root causes with light and humorous words. His sharp insights are illuminating to those who want to probe into what’s behind the collapse of Qing Dynasty. Pr. Zhang Ming builds a new network to decode China’s modern history and connect fragmented historical events. Modern people can learn from this period and stay alert.
Li Zehou, a famous Chinese aesthetician, manages to put 5,000-year aesthetic history into the Evolution of Beauty from the ancient signs and splendid bronze vessels to the humanist paintings of Song and Yuan Dynasty and romantic portraits in Ming and Qing Dynasty. It is an informative and artist go-to-guide for China’s aesthetic evolution. The complicated but self-evident logics flows between the poetic words which depict a lucid and detailed picture about Chinese history and philosophy. This book enables readers to feel the beauty of Chinese civilization through the logical and illuminating words of Li Zehou.
Written in the engaging and lucid style, The Arts of China is readily accessible to general readers as well as to serious students of art history. The awareness of beauty is as important as the sensitivity in investment. Sullivan expounds the beauty of Chinese art in a way the Chinese themselves view art, providing readers with a sense of history through China’s dynasties and improving their sense of beauty. The Arts of China will remain the most comprehensive and universal guide to the history of Chinese art.
Rewritten by: Luo Xinying, Edited by: Du Zhixin, Wei Yiyi
The year 2019 marks the fortieth anniversary of China’s Reform &Opening-Up, once again, we meet at the turning point of history. What’s the next step for the game, is there any clear guidance? The answer is affirmative.
Our country is enjoying a good momentum of development, which does not come from the Washington Consensus nor the Beijing Consensus. China’s experience has proved that both the visible hand and the invisible hand are crucial: the visible hand, stands for the government-led reform, and would yield benefits for reform and opening up; the invisible hand, stands for the Marginal Power represented by the private sector, and would improve economic efficiency and tax collection, create jobs and employment opportunities.
Provided that we want to protect and expand the benefits form reform, three simple but mandatory agreements are to be made and followed: No.1 Private ownership must be recognized, protected and treated equally with public ownership constitutionally, both ownerships are scared and inviolable;No.2 Make further clarification of the principal position of market economy, “deepen economic system reform by centering on the decisive role of the market in allocating resources”, as President Xi addressed in the third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee;No.3 Implement the guiding principles of “comprehensively promoting law-based governance” of the fourth plenum. The rule of law is essential for economic growth, irreplaceable to protect private ownership, and necessary to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship.
Above are three rules for us to avoid falling into the Middle-income Trap. Assuming that we are breaking systematic barriers to private enterprises’ participation in market economy, and boosting innovation and entrepreneurship of our society, then we are heading towards a promoting direction. We are marching in the path of light, regardless of the ups and downs of Sino-US relationship, the drop in GDP growth rate, or the monetary policy.
These principals also apply on knowing how better to run a business: don’t be hedged by rules and regulations at the beginning, pay more attention to your survival, and you’ll learn more when you start your second business.
For many years, Huawei has been the only Chinese company on the list of the Top 50 R&D Spenders. Regardless of the economy and its income, what Huawei has been doing is investing in its future, dedicated to R&D, continuously and resolutely. This provisional work underscores Huawei’s accomplishments, making Huawei anindustry leader.
So, there are standard answers on how to run a company,which could be summarized as concentration and professional dedication, continuous investment on innovation and trying harder in R&D. Entrepreneurship is also important, every single company needs entrepreneurs to push aside all obstacles and difficulties, to implement strategies and ideas. We, as investors, are destined to look for such outstanding entrepreneurs and their companies, invest in them and partner with them.
At this key point of history, a country, a company, or asingle individual, will all need to find the right path. Four decades after the Reform and Opening-up, it’s time to learn from our experience and stop “wadding across
