Google Appoints New Chief to Oversee Tumultuous China Region
- Stanley Chen had been general manager of Google in Taiwan
- Chen will be charged with resetting its China relationship
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google has appointed a new Greater China head, as the company tries to reset a checkered relationship with Beijing while tensions with Washington flare.
Stanley Chen will become managing director of Greater China sales, the company said Monday, taking up a post Scott Beaumont vacated after he was appointed Google’s Asia-Pacific president in March. The incoming executive, who will be based in Shanghai, had been general manager of its Taiwan business for eight years.