Media Insights For media inquiries, please contact media@theasiagroup.com. Media Categories All Media Grouped Post Newsletter Press Releases Media Mentions Commentary Podcasts Press Releases Newsletter Media Mentions Commentary Podcasts All Media Media Mentions Han Lin comments on U.S. national defense strategy in The Straits Times: ‘It is a cocktail that regional leaders will find both pragmatic and unsettling’ The Straits Times | January 25, 2026 The strategy reframes China as a challenge to be managed and deterred, not defeated, said Mr. Han Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group, a Washington, DC, strategic advisory group. It is “less doctrinally hostile”... Commentary Front Row with Basant Sanghera: Cautious Calibration And Strategic Suspicion Will Mark India-China Relations In 2026 January 23, 2026 As winter snows begin to melt along the Himalayas this spring, Indian and Chinese troops will once again start actively patrolling their respective positions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) — the 2500-mile disputed boundary... Media Mentions Han Lin joins the BBC in interpreting China’s year-end announcement of reaching its GDP growth target of ‘around 5 percent’ BBC | January 23, 2026 TAG China Country Director, Han Lin, commented how China hitting its 2025 growth target was no surprise. “China may be meeting its goal—as it measures GDP – but it’s heavily through policy support, not organic momentum.”... Media Mentions Kurt Tong interviewed by Nikkei Asia on Taiwan-U.S. tariff deal: ‘The Taiwan side did a fine job of negotiating under difficult circumstances’ Nikkei Asia | January 22, 2026 Kurt Tong, managing partner at Washington-based consultancy The Asia Group, expects Taiwan to expand its capacity and diversify into different aspects of the international supply chain. “The new part is the loan guarantee facility that the... Newsletter Introducing Kurt Campbell’s Already Tomorrow January 21, 2026 I visited Asia for the first time as a young naval officer in the late 1980s. There on the joint base in Yokosuka, Japan, I experienced a vivid sense of how the past and... Commentary Front Row with Mira Rapp-Hooper: What Comes Next? The Shifts in America’s Asia Policy January 20, 2026 It is entirely possible that 2026 will be the most consequential year in American Asia policy in recent decades. President Donald Trump’s planned April trip to Beijing and subsequent meetings with Xi Jinping will attempt... Media Mentions Daniel Kritenbrink interviewed by Vietnam Today on expectations for the 14th National Party Congress January 20, 2026 The 14th National Party Congress is not only of great importance to the Vietnamese people, but is also drawing significant international attention. From Washington, D.C., former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink shares insights on Vietnam’s... Press Releases アジア・グループ、東京拠点におけるシニア・エキスパート3名の就任を発表 January 19, 2026 ワシントンDC 、 2026年1月19日—米国の戦略コンサルティング会社アジア・グループ（The Asia Group 以下「TAG」）は、日本市場における顧客サポート体制の更なる拡充と専門性の向上をはかるため、新たにデビッド・ボーリング、河合晃宏、および土谷晃浩の3名が東京拠点のシニア・エキスパートに就任いたしましたことをお知らせいたします 。... Media Mentions George Chen in The Financial Times on Nvidia’s H200 exports Financial Times | January 19, 2026 “The question of which government agency is regulating AI and the semiconductor industry in China is really complicated right now,” said George Chen, partner and co-chair of digital practice at The Asia Group. “There are competing... Press Releases The Asia Group Expands Tokyo Team January 19, 2026 Tokyo & Washington, DC | January 19, 2026 – The Asia Group (TAG) is pleased to announce the addition of three senior experts to its Tokyo-based team: David Boling, Akihiro Kawai, and Akihiro Tsuchiya. These stellar... Media Mentions George Chen interviewed by CNBC on U.S.-Taiwan trade CNBC | January 16, 2026 “The semiconductor piece is crucial, a central piece of the whole deal,” says Chen. “Without the semiconductor agreement, I don’t think the U.S. will cut down the tariff rate, now on par with Japan and Korea.”... Commentary Expert Corner: Is Donald Trump Heralding a Great Power-led, Sphere-of-Influence-Centric World Order? What Does It Mean for Businesses and Asia? January 13, 2026 In the backdrop of the U.S. National Security Strategy prioritizing the Western Hemisphere, American military action in Venezuela, U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts at rapprochement with China and Russia, and the administration’s inconsistent relationships with treaty... Previous Page1 … Page21 Page22 Page23 Page24 Page25 … Page81 Next
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Front Row with Basant Sanghera: Cautious Calibration And Strategic Suspicion Will Mark India-China Relations In 2026
As winter snows begin to melt along the Himalayas this spring, Indian and Chinese troops will once again start actively patrolling their respective positions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) — the 2500-mile disputed boundary...