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US executives were well represented this year, accounting for 45 per cent of invitees, according to an analysis by Han Shen Lin of the Asia Group. Europeans made up 36 per cent with the remainder from Asia, Australia and elsewhere. “Li didn’t name America . . . but the message is clear that China is now safer, more reliable […]

“China wants this war to end badly enough to act but not badly enough to be seen acting,” said Han Lin, China Country Director of The Asia Group. “China is almost certainly applying pressure but you just won’t see it on a podium.” On why China isn’t loudly pushing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz:

Trump is expected to put “enormous pressure” on Takaichi, said Kurt Campbell, the former U.S. deputy secretary of state in the Biden administration who is now chair of The Asia Group. Campbell said he’s never seen a meeting between U.S. and Japanese leaders carrying such high stakes. To press for Japan’s interests, he said, Takaichi

Tong argued that if it hadn’t been for Taiwan and Iran, “the visit would have been downright celebratory.” Takaichi and Trump have struck a warm relationship marked by a strong personal chemistry and a mutual desire to end Beijing’s dominance of the critical minerals supply chain. The visit is even supposed to include Takaichi’s gift

The agreement requires ratification by Indonesia’s parliament before it can take effect. That adds another “layer of uncertainty,” said Mehu Sitepu, with the Washington-based strategic advisory firm The Asia Group. Some provisions of the agreement are drawing criticism, including those that are seen as diluting Indonesia’s halal certification requirements in the mostly Muslim country of

“Typically, summits ratify progress already made, not create it. If back-channel talks aren’t moving, delay just gives hawks on both sides more room to harden positions and raise the political cost of compromise,” said Han Lin, China Country Director at The Asia Group advisory firm.

A delay in the state visit is welcome by both the Trump administration and China, said Brett Fetterly, a managing pricnicpal in the China practice at The Asia Group, a Washington-based consultancy. “I think the political environment is difficult for the United States to have the commander in chief travel abroad while managing military operations,”

A delay possibly lasting a few weeks and up to two months won’t have a “big impact on US-China relations,” said George Chen, partner and co-chair of digital practice at The Asia Group, which was co-founded by former US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell. “The trade talks in Paris between Bessent and He Lifeng

George Chen, partner at The Asia Group, said the “most interesting outcome” from the Paris talks was the indication that the U.S. “welcomes investments from China, although with many conditions. It brings more hope to the prospect that some Chinese companies may come to the U.S. for manufacturing and then also add more jobs in

BBC Business Daily (Start: 2:30) “In China today more people try to spend smartly. There is pride in frugality. It’s almost fashionable,” said Han Lin, China country director at The Asia Group.