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Han Lin in CNBC Live on Xi’s Visit to North Korea

“China and North Korea remain formal treaty allies under a 1961 mutual defense agreement,” said Han Lin, China Country Director, The Asia Group. “That doesn’t mean Beijing supports everything Pyongyang does, but it does mean China...

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Han Lin in the BBC Live on Xi’s Visit to North Korea

“The message of Xi’s visit is that China remains North Korea’s most important partner, but partnership comes with expectations,” said Han Lin, China Country Director of The Asia Group, during an interview with BBC News on...

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Han Lin in Reuters on China’s New Outbound Investment Regulations

“The new rules are “largely designed to prevent Chinese firms from divesting strategic assets to foreign ⁠parties, not to stop them from acquiring them in the first place,” said Han Shen Lin, China country director at...

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The Asia Group Welcomes Belma Ambrose as Managing Principal

Washington, DC | May 27, 2026 — The Asia Group (TAG) is pleased to welcome Belma Ambrose as Managing Principal. As part of TAG’s global growth strategy, Ambrose joins the TAG team to expand the firm’s...

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Kurt Tong in The New York Times: The idea of Japan investing $550 billion over the next three years was “aspirational”

Kurt Tong, a former U.S. diplomat in Japan and managing partner at the Asia Group, said the idea of Japan investing $550 billion over the next three years was “aspirational,” noting that, since 1980, Japan’s total...

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Bangladesh’s New Government Prepares Its First Budget

On June 11, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury is set to present the first national budget of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP)-led government, elected in February. At roughly USD 76 billion, the FY2026-27 plan is...

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George Chen in CNBC on Huawei’s rivalry with Nvidia and Apple as it unveils new smartphone chips this fall

“For Nvidia, this means the window to sell advanced chips such as the H200 into China is narrowing,” said George Chen, partner and chair of digital practice at The Asia Group. “This trajectory will likely heighten...

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Ashok Malik in Associated Press on Secretary Rubio’s first official visit to India

“In the past one year, statements and rhetoric coming from Washington on some of India’s most sensitive security concerns and trade matters have not been helpful and have created a trust deficit,” said Ashok Malik, a...

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Kurt Tong in Bloomberg TV: Trump-Xi summit was a “significant progress”

In a live interview with Bloomberg TV’s The China Show on May 22, TAG Managing Partner Kurt Tong says that the Trump-Xi summit held in Beijing was a “significant progress if the objective was to reestablish...

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Arpitha Desai and Subhodeep Jash in India Rising Newsletter: From Aspiration to Architecture: Why the EU–India Tech Partnership Must Now Deliver

Technology cooperation has been at the forefront of most Europe-India engagements this year. Whether it was the reaffirmation of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) as the cornerstone of the bilateral 2030 EU-India Strategic Agenda, the...

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David Boling in Nikkei Asia on U.S.-China trade talks at APEC meeting

“The real action at APEC is usually in the side meetings, not the formal sessions,” said David Boling, a principal at the Asia Group. In the wake of Trump’s meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in...

Commentary
Washington and Beijing Produce Divergent Readouts on Trump-Xi Summit

Overview In the days following the May 14-15 Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, both governments released readouts that prioritize formal channels to manage commerce, but diverge on commercial deal details, geopolitics, and next steps for rare earth...

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