Media Mentions

The 14th National Party Congress is not only of great importance to the Vietnamese people, but is also drawing significant international attention. From Washington, D.C., former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink shares insights on Vietnam’s vision, leadership, strategic autonomy, and private-sector–driven growth over the next five years.

“The question of which government agency is regulating AI and the semiconductor industry in China is really complicated right now,” said George Chen, partner and co-chair of digital practice at The Asia Group. “There are competing views between the [National Development and Reform Commission], the [Ministry of Industry and Information Technology] and the Cyberspace Administration

“The semiconductor piece is crucial, a central piece of the whole deal,” says Chen. “Without the semiconductor agreement, I don’t think the U.S. will cut down the tariff rate, now on par with Japan and Korea.”

“For the Indian system, the egregious 25 percent tariff is the touchstone,” said Ashok Malik, the India chair at the Asia Group, a Washington-based advisory firm, and a former adviser to the Indian government. “If that goes, we can say that we are back in repair mode.” Mr. Gor’s address, before a large group of

TAG Managing Partner Kurt Tong shares insights on a broad set of recent issues, including the “Donroe Doctrine”, Venezuela, Iran, Japan, Korea, and China’s capacity to react with Yvonne Man and David Ingles live on Bloomberg: The China Show. (Starts at 1:15:00)

“This strategic pivot to ‘good housing’ is fundamentally about rebalancing the economy – shifting from speculative inventory to quality living,” Lin Han-Shen, China country director at The Asia Group, told CNA. “Restoring household confidence is central. When buyers no longer fear construction halts, some latent demand could unlock,” Lin said, referring to households that had

Daniel J. Kritenbrink is a partner at The Asia Group. Previously, Kritenbrink served in the United States government as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs and ambassador to Vietnam. His diplomatic career spans three decades and includes assignments in Japan, China, Kuwait and Washington. As part of our OPEN QUESTIONS series

George Chen, partner at consultancy Asia Group, who also formerly held a senior role at Meta, said that cost blowouts and consumer price inflation would raise the costs of AI projects and prompt a rethink among investors about chasing the AI theme. “Memory chip cost inflation will push up prices for AI groups, lower investors’

(Starts at 02:05) TAG China Country Director Han Lin shared that “When people think of China, they often imagine a top‑down economy.  In fact much of China’s commercial energy is bottom‑up — entrepreneurs reading market signals, testing for demand, and scaling up quickly to seize short‑lived trends.”

In this video, Nikkei Asia’s Shotaro Tani sits down with Rintaro Nishimura, senior associate at the strategic advisory firm The Asia Group, to unpack all that has happened this year, and look ahead to the next.