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Evan Medeiros, a former adviser to president Barack Obama, said Beijing would only help on Iran “if they got paid handsomely”, such as with a US policy shift on Taiwan. “Historically, Iran has been an exceptionally...

Xi’s comments are a “a strong statement to world companies to continue to invest in China,” George Chen, partner and co-chair of digital practice at The Asia Group, told CNBC. “I think the statement Xi made...

George Chen, partner for Greater China at The Asia Group, told Nikkei Asia that Xi is setting “clear boundaries for the Americans on what they can do and what they cannot with China.” “There are two...

The symbolic significance of each place was likely an important consideration in Chinese officials’ planning, said Han Lin, a Shanghai-based analyst at the Asia Group, an advisory firm. Each landmark represents a chapter in Beijing’s evolution...

George Chen, a partner at The Asia Group consultancy, said Xi has made his “‘red line’ crystal clear” on Taiwan. But Chen said Xi also signaled a welcoming tone on the economic front and a desire...

“We have patiently accumulated over time these capabilities,” Kurt Campbell, the deputy secretary of state under former President Joe Biden, said of military weapons and personnel moved out of Asia. “It has been vacated. It is...

Evan Medeiros, a former senior adviser on Asia to President Barack Obama, said that Chinese officials were “acutely aware” that Mr. Trump’s desire for an Iran peace deal presented Beijing with “a substantial source of leverage.”...

“Five decades of US-China summits have demonstrated they rarely meaningfully transform the relationship,” noted Han Lin, China managing director at The Asia Group, a strategic advisory firm headquartered in Washington. “But when handled well, they make...

Han Shen Lin, China country director at The Asia Group noted: “The recent invocation of the Ministry of Commerce’s blocking rules – measures allowing the government to instruct firms not to abide by the terms of...

“The Chinese are acutely aware that this is a major concern for the Americans, and as a result, it’s a substantial source of leverage for Beijing,” said Evan Medeiros, from the Asia Group, and a former...

“I think one of the big things that China watches is our ability to work closely with other countries,” said Dr. Kurt Campbell, who was deputy secretary of state under former President Joe Biden. “And I...

“The extent to which Iran is a dominant theme at this summit will be key to seeing what concrete results and agreements are reached,” explains Brett Fetterly of the consultancy The Asia Group (TAG). The face-to-face...