About US

Orient Insights covers company and industry news from emerging high-tech sectors in Asia, with a focus on, but not limited to, China. Our coverage includes both original and translated materials.

Orient Insights is co-founded by Doug Young, Rachel Chan and Rene Vanguestaine, who have more than a century of combined experience in Chinese and global media, working for names including the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Alibaba and JPMorgan.


Doug Young is the co-founder and Editor in Chief of Orient Insights as well Bamboo Works, leading the content development strategy. He previously helped to launch Caixin Global, the English language edition of China’s leading financial publication, and worked as its managing editor for four years. Before that he worked for a decade at Reuters in its Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Los Angeles bureaus, including positions as its Taipei bureau chief and Chief China Company News Correspondent. A native of Washington, D.C., he has spent 25 years living and working in Greater China and is fluent in Mandarin.