In a BBC interview, The Asia Group’s China Managing Director Han Lin noted that starting Sept. 1, all employers in China must contribute to employees’ social insurance accounts to bolster the country’s weak safety net. But as small businesses struggle with the added cost, more workers may be pushed into the gig economy—undermining the very […]
Live on the BBC News, The Asia Group’s China Managing Director Han Lin observed how “SCO offers a forum for India, Russia and China to find common ground and for smaller nations to have a seat at the table with the major Asian powers. No major (security, trade) deal is expected, but if SCO helps to
Scorecard Table Japan is pursuing the most ambitious defense expansion in its postwar history—yet it faces fiscal, political, and alliance-management headwinds. The scorecard below provides TAG’s snapshot assessment of Japan’s evolving defense policy at a critical time for its bilateral relationship with the United States and Indo-Pacific regional security. We made the evaluation using three
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Regarding China’s Gen Z parents and how they will spend for their babies, “Think strollers and formula today, but pre-K, private tutoring and family travel tomorrow — all the way to digital learning tools [such as coding apps] and smart parenting apps,” said Han Shen Lin, TAG China Country Director based in Shanghai.
“The level of dread in Asia…is off the charts,” said TAG Chairman and Co-Founder Kurt Campbell. He joined CNBC’s @Squawk Box Asia for a Monday morning interview where he unpacked the looming July 9 tariff deadline and rising uncertainty around Trump’s next trade moves.
Han Lin, China Country Director at The Asia Group, told the BBC that while the passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill” could hasten a global rotation of capital away from the U.S. and into China, any large-scale sell-off of U.S. government bonds would also inflict losses on China itself, given the size of its holdings.
TAG Managing Partner, Amb. Kurt Tong spoke with bloomberg where we discussed Japan’s potential response to any upcoming U.S. punitive action. He stated, “There is some risk of a US tantrum that results in higher punitive actions by Washington this month… If that happens, Japan may have no choice but to hit back with its
TAG Partner and Co-Chair of Digital Practice George Chen recently sat down with CNBC’s Jon Fortt to discuss the growing U.S.-China tension in the tech sector. Jon asked George for comments on the rivalry between Nvidia and Huawei. George believes Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is right; someday, Huawei will succeed, and China will double down on its
George Chen, TAG Digital Practice Co-Chair, spoke with Singapore’s ChannelNewsAsia about how Chinese President Xi Jinping wanted to apply #AI to his new economic theory for “new quality productivity” (新质生产力) following the success of #DeepSeek and why #China could see AI-driven economic impact more and sooner than the U.S.
“China’s hosting of ‘Summer Davos’ amplifies how it wants to see and be seen by the international community as the responsible global stakeholder in these increasingly volatile times,” said Han Shen Lin, China Country Director for The Asia Group
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