George Chen

Partner & Chair, Digital Practice @TheAsiaGroup | Faculty @HKUniversity, Schwarzman @Tsinghua_Uni, @NCCU1927 | @Yale World Fellow, @Salzburg Global Fellow

[Trinh @Trinhnomics]

Welcome to Hong Kong, it is city of neon lights.

[Under Secretary of War Elbridge Colby @USWPColby]

It was an honor to host Executive Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu of the People’s Republic of China at the Pentagon yesterday. Under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth’s leadership, we deal with our Chinese counterparts in a spirit of respect, candor, and realism. In that vein, I had a direct discussion with Minister Ma, and we look forward to further exchanges with our Chinese counterparts in the coming months.

[Bloomberg @business]

China will officially begin taxing offshore trusts established by its citizens, closing a longstanding loophole used by wealthy families for asset protection and succession planning https://t.co/NZ2J0dOGLN

[Financial Times @FT]

Yang Zhilin, the rock star founder behind China’s Moonshot AI https://t.co/cdQUFv9z9i

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Two Chinese win world's top Maths prize for first time https://t.co/G0BCn3N6sZ

[Jensen Huang @JensenHuang]

For my first post, I’m sharing a letter @NVIDIA signed on why open models matter.

AI will transform every industry, power every company, and be built by every country.

Open models strengthen safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty.

The world needs both frontier closed models and frontier open models.

https://t.co/AUKzoQ5Ikb

[The Asia Group @TheAsiaGroup]

A newly-released Chinese AI model, Kimi K3, just rattled Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

At the World AI Conference in Shanghai, TAG Partner and Chair of Digital Practice @george_chen spoke with Bloomberg TV to unpack why, plus what Xi Jinping's AI strategy means for China, the world, and the fast-accelerating U.S.-China AI race.

Watch George’s interview with @BloombergTV: https://t.co/LQvDeyBvQc

[The Asia Group @TheAsiaGroup]

At the final day of the World AI Conference in Shanghai, TAG Partner and Chair of Digital Practice @george_chen highlights two big signals from China’s AI ecosystem: Kimi’s new K3 model, billed as a near-frontier open-source challenger to Claude and OpenAI, and Beijing’s WAICO initiative to shape global AI cooperation.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

President Donald J. Trump presents the World Cup Trophy to Spain, the 2026 @FIFAWorldCup Champions! 🏆

[Shanghai Daily @shanghaidaily]

Hong Kong screen legend Patrick Tse has passed away at 89.

His son, actor-singer Nicholas Tse, today confirmed the news in a heartfelt Weibo post:

“Don’t cry or be too sad when you think of him—he’d say that’s not cool enough. Keep the image of him full of charm and smiles in your hearts. The show must go on.”

[Bloomberg @business]

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is adding $100 billion to its investments in Arizona to meet strong demand from US customers and to ward off ambitious rivals, a senior executive said this week https://t.co/lIIuRUBvdi

[CNBC @CNBC]

South Korean retail investors who piled into leveraged bets on the country’s AI champions are nursing steep losses after a sharp reversal, exposing the risks of the speculative trading boom that helped fuel one of the world’s hottest equity markets.

Read more here: https://t.co/CwEG69gs3f

[Financial Times @FT]

China’s ‘national team’ buys shares worth $9bn to prop up market https://t.co/GUsk7nM2aV

[George Chen @george_chen]

I spoke with Bloomberg TV today on the sideline of World AI Conference in Shanghai to share my thoughts on Kimi’s new model K3 why it has already made both Wall Street and Silicon Valley in panic. I also shared my views on President Xi Jinping’s AI strategy for China and the world, and why the AI race between U.S. and China is going to heat up rapidly.

Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/71qqS2qWCk

[The Asia Group @TheAsiaGroup]

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to give a keynote speech at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai to outline China’s role in global AI governance.

"Against this backdrop, WAIC has become more than a technology showcase; it is now a geopolitical stage where Beijing seeks to articulate its vision ‌of AI ⁠as both a national priority and a diplomatic instrument," says @george_chen, chair of digital practice at The Asia Group, to @Reuters .

Read the article: https://t.co/SUsLfppfWd

[George Chen @george_chen]

Glad to be quoted in the new @Reuters article for a preview of the World AI Conference to be held in Shanghai starting from tomorrow -- also ahead of President Xi Jinping's important keynote on China's vision on AI governance:

"Against this backdrop, WAIC has become more than a technology showcase; it is now a geopolitical stage where Beijing seeks to articulate its vision ‌of AI ⁠as both a national priority and a diplomatic instrument," wrote George Chen, chair of digital practice at @TheAsiaGroup.

https://t.co/FJ8fAc0ioJ

[TaiwanPlus News @taiwanplusnews]

How can businesses balance risks and opportunities? Daniel Kritenbrink from @TheAsiaGroup sits down with TaiwanPlus News to discuss business strategy in Taiwan.

[Reuters @Reuters]

China 'strongly dissatisfied' with Pentagon move against top Chinese tech firms https://t.co/xqMKrgEzXl https://t.co/xqMKrgEzXl

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.

The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.

Access to all other Claude models is not affected.

We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.

Read our full statement: https://t.co/bwn0sximKZ

[George Chen @george_chen]

Drink like a local in #Mongolia 🍻