Debbie Yong is a Senior Strategist focusing on the Asia-Pacific region at WGSN, a consumer-trend forecasting company. She previously worked as the Editorial Director of the Michelin Guide in Asia and the Middle East, a China media analyst for BBC Monitoring, and a reporter for the Straits Times and the Business Times in Singapore. In 2019, Netflix featured her as a Singaporean food expert on “Street Food: Asia. She holds a dual master’s degree in global media and communications from the London School of Economics and Fudan University in China, as well as a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Debbie Yong on Indo-Pacific Consumer Trends and Food Culture
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Recent Posts
Han Lin in The New York Times: ‘The U.S. trade war compresses the very profits Chinese industry needs to fund the green-energy transition that would reduce Middle East exposure’
March 2, 2026
Media Mentions
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George Chen in CNBC: ‘Investors should manage their expectations on what Trump can achieve for his China trip — if he still goes’
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Media Mentions
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George Chen shares remarks with Bloomberg on U.S.-China relations following Iran strike
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Media Mentions
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Han Lin in The Straits Times on the U.S.-China Summit: ‘There is a low-to-moderate chance that the trip could be postponed or cancelled’