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The latest trade data will give Mr. Trump “fresh ammunition” going into the talks with Mr. Xi, said Han Lin, the China country director of The Asia Group, a consulting firm.   “But it also strengthens Xi’s hand. China’s exports remain resilient despite U.S. tariffs, underscoring Beijing’s leverage,” said Mr. Lin.

“Beijing is preparing lenders to finance its next strategic investment cycle, “particularly the massive capital requirements of AI and advanced technology,” said Han Shen Lin, China country director at The Asia Group. “China is effectively using state capital to strengthen the banking system’s shock absorbers.”

“The G-20 has rarely spoken with this degree of consensus on nonmarket distortions and overcapacity,” said Han Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group, a U.S. consulting firm. “It signals growing convergence among major economies that Chinese industrial policy is creating spillovers they increasingly feel compelled to address.”

Tuesday’s listing was “not a loss” despite the lukewarm market sentiments, said Han Lin, China director of consultancy firm The Asia Group. “Public markets see Shein as more of a maturing retailer that’s facing tariffs, regulations and competition,” he told AFP, adding that “the early share price weakness suggests investors want evidence, not really promises”.

“Xi is keeping Iran at arm’s length publicly while still maintaining contact privately,” said Han Shen Lin, managing director for China at The Asia Group, a Washington-based strategic-advisory firm. The absence of Xi-Pezeshkian coverage from the state newspaper’s front page reinforces the view that Beijing is “carefully managing optics,” Lin said. China is seeking to

“The Asian country has built a legal mechanism that essentially tells Chinese companies their foreign bankers must comply with U.S. rules, but inside China, Beijing’s law takes precedence,” said Han Shen Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group

“You can sell a humanoid robot to a factory and then continue improving it. You cannot put five passengers into an eVTOL and say: We’ll improve it later.” said Han Shen Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group

“Still, even if the U.S. Treasury Department does not take overt measures against big Chinese banks, international banks might start curtailing business with them,” according to Han Lin, the China country director of The Asia Group, an American consulting firm. “Big banks are wary about incurring the wrath of American regulators.“

“On the surface, while the China-Iran relationship may be strategic, China’s access of the U.S. dollar is existential, says Han Lin, China Country Director, The Asia Group.   “It’s not likely the U.S. will unplug China from the U.S. dollar system, however it does provide the U.S. more leverage going into the Trump-Xi summit.”

“Hui Ka Yan, founder of Evergrande, was the archetype of China’s 2000s–2010s Gilded Age tycoon: enormous corporate leverage alongside enormous personal wealth, political access, trophy assets, philanthropy and prestige projects,” said Han Lin, China Country Director, The Asia Group. “He became such a politically potent symbol in China: the image of a developer living extraordinarily