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“It’s an unexpected role reversal that the I.M.F. — patron saint of fiscal restraint — is nudging China toward a debt-fueled stimulus,” said Han Lin, the China country director for the Asia Group, a Washington consulting...

For the four decades he spent working on Asia policy at the Pentagon, state department and White House, Kurt Campbell dealt with many tough security issues, including a suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew over North...

Han Lin, China country director of the Asia Group, a US consultancy, said he expected Katz to press “quietly and technically, for sharper IMF scrutiny of China’s external imbalances; but a loud, public ‘callout’ is unlikely”....

“The H200 is now not just an AI chip but an example of how good or bad US-China relations can be,” George Chen, partner and co-chair of digital practice at The Asia Group, which was co-founded...

Christopher Johnstone, a partner at strategic consultancy The Asia Group, said that as early as 1997, Japan had already made clear that a contingency in areas surrounding Japan where U.S.-Japan cooperation would come into play includes...

Even if Chinese firms begin buying Nvidia’s product, Beijing’s longer-term trajectory of self-sufficiency will continue. “In the long run, for the next five to ten years, China’s ‘self-reliance’ strategy for its own tech and innovation won’t...

George Chen, partner at consultancy The Asia Group, said he expected Chinese regulators to soften their hardline approach to Nvidia following Trump’s comments on Xi’s reaction, given efforts to improve U.S.-China relations. The H200 was also...

TAG China Country Director Han Lin shared, “In today’s climate, local partners do more than run stores efficiently. They help foreign brands navigate policy headwinds, manage compliance exposure, and signal alignment with China’s long-term development priorities.”

Christopher Johnstone, a former top White House Japan official, said Washington should have welcomed Takaichi’s declaration that Japan would help US forces if they were attacked while defending Taiwan from China. “This was the clearest statement...

“It’s about creating a mutually reinforcing uplift to national capability and competitiveness,” she said. “The review’s conclusion will unleash a new narrative that modernises the pact with a stronger emphasis on pace and delivery. “The question...

Former US ambassador Dan Kritenbrink says the US and China have entered a fragile period of stability after a year of “trade war, tariff war, and supply-chain war.” But he stresses this is only a tactical...

TAG China Country Director Han Lin noted, “But for many multinationals, the wheel is in the U.S. where the instinct is to hit the brakes, not the gas,” in reference to how heightened U.S.-China tensions are...