Stuart Spencer, as CEO of Asia Pacific for global insurer Zurich Insurance Company Limited, responsible for over $3 billion P&L, covering 9 countries and 6,000 employees in the Asia Pacific, has 25 years experience in the insurance and financial services industry, spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.  He’s a senior executive whose intelligence spans globally; not only highly knowledgeable about his own industry, but able to see it contextually in light of the powerful geographical and political influences that surround it.  In this podcast conversation, Stuart shares his emotional response as a Westerner arriving in Hong Kong for the first time, and the views he has developed since then, gleaned from his experience in Asia that has spooled out in fascinating ways. Now an “Asia Hand” able to deliver clear answers to questions on the minds of those interested in the next chapter of Asia’s growth, he explains in concise and understandable language what we need to consider in determining whether China—and other developing countries— can succeed, and what that will mean for the West.