Mr George Chen, partner for the Greater China practice at advisory firm The Asia Group, said foreign leaders are looking for clarity on Beijing’s position on hot issues, including the Iran war, but also regarding trade and investment interests in the Middle East. “China also wants to conduct more of such meetings and engagements from […]
In his former role as an analyst for geopolitical consultancy The Asia Group, Uzair Younus would spend hours each morning and later into the day trawling news outlets and government websites to stay across shifting stories that could affect his clients’ businesses. An information technology minor at university and some time in tech consulting meant
(04:11) “China’s Q1 data signals tactical stabilization, not a structural turn,” Said Han Lin, China Country Director at The Asia Group. “Policy support and front-loaded activity are lifting near-term growth, but persistent weaknesses in property, private sector confidence, and external demand suggest the recovery remains uneven and fragile.”
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“The numbers are hard to dispute,” said Han Lin, China Country Director of The Asia Group. “Some would argue this is not energy security, but market distortion. But realistically speaking: who wouldn’t be buying in China’s position?”
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“One is to monitor and control all cargo coming through the strait, which includes China’s,” he said. “And the other is his desire for a manifestly positive visit to Beijing.” Kurt Campbell is a former deputy secretary of state under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and the chairman of the Asia Group, which he founded.
In Beijing, strategic elites have started to see world politics as sliding from the Spring and Autumn period to the Warring States era. However, if China believes the old order is falling apart, its future will depend less on economic power and more on presenting a reliable political vision.
Marshall Li in South China Morning Post on China’s political vision for the world Read More »
For two decades, the global technology industry operated on an unchallenged assumption that cloud infrastructure existed beyond the reach of physical conflict. Companies planned for geopolitical risk in supply chains, energy markets and financial systems, but rarely extended that planning to the digital infrastructure those systems depend on.
“The use of large AI models in China’s financial sector is still at an early stage,” said Marshall Li, a Hong Kong-based associate at The Asia Group who is tracking China’s AI-governance regime. “State-owned financial institutions have not fully integrated AI into their core operations yet, because China is focused on avoiding major financial risks,
Greg is joined by Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, Associated Vice President at The Asia Group, to discuss the latest updates from Malaysian domestic politics in the aftermath of a “corporate mafia” political scandal. Japhet and Lauren cover the latest, from Myanmar’s leadership change to tech investments in Thailand.
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Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink says the US still has ‘extraordinary’ influence in the region, given its trade and security ties with Asean. The US war on Iran has triggered the worst energy crisis in memory and punched a hole in Southeast Asia’s energy-importing economies. Still, a top former US diplomat insists America remains a dependable ally
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