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“Wang arrives at an unusually favorable moment for Beijing: Washington is signaling flexibility toward Pyongyang while simultaneously creating uncertainty in Seoul,” said Han Lin, China country director at The Asia Group.  “China can use that gap to bolster diplomatic influence,” he said, adding that South Korea’s technology and supply chains also give Beijing a strong […]

Recent Chinese AI models are also now compatible with cheaper, locally made processors. “For the money [a Chinese AI company would] spend on an Nvidia chip, they can buy 10 local chips from Huawei or other local chipmakers,” says George Chen, a partner at The Asia Group. Demand (for Chinese AI models) has only grown as

George Chen, partner and chair of digital practice at The Asia Group, said US “closed models”, which include products offered by OpenAI and Anthropic, were too expensive for most consumers in global south countries, which lacked the capacity to develop their own AI. “So China has suddenly provided a very good Plan B [for developing countries], maybe

“Election interference allegations strike at the most politically sensitive fault line in US-China relations,” said Han Shen Lin, the China managing director for The Asia Group, a strategic advisory firm.  “They reinforce Washington’s bipartisan narrative that strategic competition with China extends beyond trade and technology into democratic institutions.

Conference attendee George Chen, partner and chair of digital practice at The Asia Group, an American strategic advisory firm, said that Beijing has been using the Shanghai AI conference to deliver key messages on AI cooperation, safety, and what officials now call “AI diplomacy”. The goal is to rally allies and partners, particularly across the

“It’s significant at a symbolic level in terms of perhaps ever so slightly but tangibly the US is lightening up on its negativeness about Hong Kong,” said Kurt Tong, a former US consul general to Hong Kong and Macau who is now a partner with the Asia Group consultancy. “The US is now leaning less

“The WAIC has steadily evolved into a policy-oriented forum, with Beijing using it to deliver key messages on AI cooperation, safety and what officials now call ‘AI diplomacy,’” said George Chen, partner and chair of digital practice at advisory firm The Asia Group. China, Chen added, sees an opportunity to present itself as a more

“Households overwhelmingly favor property, bank deposits, and guaranteed products over venture investing,” said Han Shen Lin, China managing director at The Asia Group, a Washington-based advisory firm.

With the approval, China “removes a long-time and major political uncertainty for Shein,” Han Lin, China director for consultancy firm The Asia Group, told AFP. “Beijing is signaling selective reopening, not deregulation — rewarding companies that strengthen China’s economy while remaining aligned with national security and regulatory priorities,” he added.

Kurt Tong, a former diplomat in Japan who is now a managing partner at the Asia Group, a consultancy, said he expected Japanese investment to rise significantly as a result of the deal. He added, though, that the $550 billion total was still probably “aspirational,” given that Japan’s entire investment stock in the United States