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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Recent Posts
George Chen in The Straits Times: ‘When the world is so uncertain and China’s economy keeps growing at 5 per cent, that makes China stand out’
April 17, 2026
Media Mentions
Mr George Chen, partner for the Greater China practice at advisory firm The Asia Group, said foreign leaders are looking ...
Kurt Campbell in The New York Times: ‘President Trump has created the circumstance where two of his biggest goals are in direct conflict’
April 14, 2026
Media Mentions
“One is to monitor and control all cargo coming through the strait, which includes China’s,” he said. “And the other ...
Marshall Li in South China Morning Post on China’s political vision for the world
April 14, 2026
Media Mentions
In Beijing, strategic elites have started to see world politics as sliding from the Spring and Autumn period to the ...
Marshall Li in South China Morning Post: ‘State-owned financial institutions have not fully integrated AI into their core operations yet, because China is focused on avoiding major financial risks’
April 10, 2026
Media Mentions
“The use of large AI models in China’s financial sector is still at an early stage,” said Marshall Li, a ...