AMMAN -
HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, founder and chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global
(TAG.Global), highly commended the Jordanian-Chinese relations, expressing his
pride in the years’ long,
strong and deep-rooted ties between China and TAG.Global, at both official and personal
levels.
During
his interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh
stated that TAG.Global was one of the leading international corporations to
establish branches in the People's Republic of China. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global
opened three offices in full operational capacity in (Beijing, Shanghai and
Hong Kong). Today, TAG.Global offers its services and activities through a
total of six offices in China announcing that the seventh office will open
soon.
Dr.
Abu-Ghazaleh referred to the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Confucius Institute
(TAG-Confucius) which
represents the most prominent tools of cooperation with China for disseminating
the Chinese language and culture. The Confucius Institute is considered the
main institute to teach the Chinese language at the regional level, he added.
In his
speech, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh renewed confidence in China’s ability to quickly
overcome the corona virus crisis. At the same time he praised the success
achieved by the government of Jordan under the directions of HM King Abdullah
II in dealing effectively with the crisis.
“We have
learned from the Chinese experiment, as the government of Jordan has taken the
precautionary measures to mitigate the possible damages of this hidden enemy;
therefore, we may say that we are among the best countries in dealing with the
virus worldwide with fewer confirmed cases and less deaths compared to the
world figures” Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh said.
Meanwhile,
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh pointed out that the coronavirus crisis has exposed the global
system which proved not to be ‘global’ at all. “At the beginning of the
COVID-19 virus outbreak, the whole world should have assembled in China, to
discuss this epidemic from an international perspective since all countries
were threatened. Unfortunately, the global response was far below the required
level, thus all countries around the world were badly hit’.
Dr.
Abu-Ghazaleh said that the whole world will suffer great post-corona
depression, except for China whose economy will grow by 1%, pointing
to the
disintegration of some giant economic entities. He warned that the reason
of the failure to deal with the corona crisis globally is due to lack of world
leadership and the absence of international effort to face the crisis
collectively. ‘That’s why I believe that we will witness the end of
globalization in the post- coronavirus crisis era’, he said, adding that he
expects fresh agreements to be concluded by the two confronting powers
China and the US; agreements that will shape a new world order.
“Starting
2021, we will move into building a new world governing system. The effort will
jointly be led by China and the United States, and that will mark the end
of America’s global domination era, and a new bipolar world order will commence,” Abu-Ghazaleh
affirmed.
Regarding
the precautions and the measures implemented by TAG.Global following the
outbreak of the coronavirus, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh said: “We, at TAG.Global, have
taken all the required measures to protect the lives of our employees, and at
the same time, we developed plans to continue our business and activities. Accordingly, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Global didn’t suffer any negative economic effects
and we continue to offer our services in the same world-class level as we did
before.”