Media Mentions

Han Shen Lin, China country director at U.S. business consultancy Asia Group, said the situation highlights how the focus of venture capital firms to find “scalable businesses and technology” is colliding with an increasingly murky landscape.

George Chen joined Sherisse Pham and her other guests for American radio broadcaster NPR’s signature program “All Things Considered” to discuss the outlook of Hong Kong in the Year of the Dragon.

“U.S. politics is not fair”… “Foreign firms need to be prepared to navigate these sorts of issues.” – Kurt Tong

George Chen joined Taiwan’s popular radio host Chen Feng-hsin today for her talkshow “Good morning, Money!” on FM98.1, one of the most popular radio programs in Taiwan; a daily routine for many local commuters to listen in the morning. He talked about the past, presence, and future of Hong Kong, with focus on real life,

“They have seen the harsh economics faced by their peers”, said Han-Shen Lin, China country head at advisory consultancy The Asia Group. The question, Lin said, was whether Citi would maintain the “minimum capability required” to operate an investment banking unit in the country, “or whether they will go all-in”.

TAG Managing Director George Chen spoke with CNBC’s Emily Tan in Taipei to share his views on the Taiwan presidential election, including Beijing’s and Washington’s reactions and the impact on cross-Strait relations and Taiwan’s domestic politics.

TAG President Rexon Ryu joined SBS 8 News to speak on US-China competition, high-tech export controls, and companies’ de-risking from China.

“The state visit was historic and clearly intended to further cement the bilateral relationship on all fronts – strategic, defense, and trade, although trade has fallen short,” said Mark Linscott, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center. Linscott was assistant U.S. trade representative (USTR) for South and Central Asian Affairs and

Changes in China’s domestic politics “create and sustain incentives to see the United States as a long-term strategic and ideological adversary”, Evan Medeiros, a senior fellow on foreign policy at the Centre for China Analysis, said in a new report.

While geopolitical tensions continue to define much of the U.S.-China relationship, changing domestic politics in both countries — often underappreciated and little understood — have become a major factor in this great power rivalry. Over the past decade, domestic political forces in both countries have had increasingly negative impacts on U.S.-China ties further exacerbating difficult relations between the two.