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A Chinese-made VT-4 battle tank is seen on display. The Thai army has just received the first batch of 49 such tanks that were part of a US$148-million deal. Photo: Xinhua

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Southeast Asian nations on a spree buying Chinese weapons

by Asia Unhedged October 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Representational image: iStock

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China quarterly share stomp reshuffles deck

by Gary Kleiman October 9, 2017

The Qaid-e-Azam plant in Punjab, the biggest solar-power project in the world. Photo: Vikram Ghamwani

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Global electric shock has lessons for Southeast Asia

by Tim Buckley October 4, 2017

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 30, 2017. Reuters / Andy Wong / Pool

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RCEP fueling Xi Jinping’s major-power diplomacy

by Giovanni Di Lieto October 4, 2017

A woman makes her way to the shore as hundreds of Rohingya refugees arrive under the cover of darkness by wooden boats from Myanmar to Shah Porir Dwip, in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, September 27, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

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Rohingya crisis splits Asean on religious lines

by Nile Bowie October 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior Chinese leaders during a three-day official visit to Beijing that began Sept. 19. The visit is seen as a bid by China to improve relations with the island city-state.Photo: AFP/ Lintao Zhang

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Singapore PM’s surprise China visit hints at warming relations

by Xuan Loc Doan October 1, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters / Tyrone Siu

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RCEP the grand blueprint of Xi Jinping’s world trade game

by Giovanni Di Lieto September 28, 2017

Xi Jinping's RCEP initiative aims to challeng the US-dominated world order. Photo: Reuters / Axel Schmidt

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Understanding RCEP in Xi Jinping’s world trade game

by Giovanni Di Lieto September 27, 2017

Buddhist monks and others protest as a Malaysian NGO's aid ship carrying food and emergency supplies for Rohingya Muslims arrives at the port in Yangon on February 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

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Rohingya issue shines spotlight on Malaysia’s refugee policies

by Josh Hong September 26, 2017

Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament’s Committee for International Trade, is said to have warned that an EU/Vietnam trade deal could be in jeopardy if Hanoi fails to address EU concerns over human rights.
Photo: Rene Mettke/Wikipedia Commons.

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Will Vietnam let its human rights record stifle trade with the EU?

by Xuan Loc Doan September 23, 2017

Japan's minister of state for economic and fiscal policy, Nobuteru Ishihara, leaves a meeting of the TPP-11 held on the sidelines of the APEC trade ministers' meeting in Hanoi in May. Photo: Reuters / Hong Dinh Nam

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Can Asia-Pacific multi-lateral trade survive without the US?

by Giovanni Di Lieto September 22, 2017

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears in New Delhi with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on April 10, 2017.
Turnbull visited India from April 9 to April 12. Photo: AFP / Money Sharma

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Australia’s trade agenda under pressure in Afghanistan

by Giovanni Di Lieto September 20, 2017September 20, 2017

Chinese Coast Guard vessels at the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Photo: Reuters / Erik De Castro

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South China Sea disputes: the need for a code of conduct

by Jumel G. Estrañero September 15, 2017

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps

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Filipinos may get visa-free entry to Taiwan in October

by Asia Times staff September 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (left) shakes hands with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on August 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kham

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Turkey begins foray into Southeast Asia through Vietnam

by Altay Atli August 30, 2017

India's BrahMos missile on public display in a file photo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Anuraj

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India-Vietnam point potent projectile at China

by Helen Clark August 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte meets US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the presidential palace in Manila on August 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

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ASEAN’s fatal blind spot: human rights

by Jon Connars August 15, 2017

Construction is shown on Mischief Reef in the disputed South China Sea in this June 19, 2017 satellite image released by CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Photo: CSIS/AMTI Digital Globe/handout via Reuters

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US raising pressure in South China Sea

by Bill Gertz August 14, 2017August 14, 2017

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini speaks at an Asean-EU meeting in Manila in August 2017. Photo: Reuters / Dondi Tawatao

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South China Sea remains a taboo in EU-ASEAN relations

by Emanuele Scimia August 14, 2017

A Vietnamese naval soldier stands quard at Thuyen Chai island in the Spratly archipelago in a file photo. Photo: Reuters/Quang Le

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Who is the real ‘thief crying stop thief’ in South China Sea?

by Xuan Loc Doan August 10, 2017

Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha shows the way to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a meeting at Government House in Bangkok on August 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Rungroj Yongrit/Pool

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Thailand belatedly focuses on its benighted banks

by Gary Kleiman August 10, 2017

(L-R) China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono and ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh walk after a family photo before the 18th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers Meeting in Manila on August 7, 2017. Reuters/Mohd Rasfan/Pool

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China cancels meeting with Vietnam after challenge on South China Sea

by Asia Unhedged August 7, 2017February 18, 2020

People's Republic of China Foreign Minister Wang Yi answers questions during a interview with reporters, after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of an Asean meeting held in Manila, Philippines August 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

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Asean meet leans in China’s favor

by Richard Javad Heydarian August 7, 2017February 18, 2020

China's Liaoning aircraft carrier seen conducting a previous drill in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters

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ASEAN seeks China nonaggression pact ‘as soon as possible’

by Asia Unhedged August 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the ASEAN-India Summit in Vientiane on September 8, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

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Why Indian influence is rising in the Indochina region

by Sudhanshu Tripathi August 1, 2017

Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha (center) observing a construction project in Bangkok in a 2015 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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Ambivalence on progress 20 years after financial crisis

by Gary Kleiman July 21, 2017

This photo from space shows thunderstorms over the South China Sea. The marine environment in the vital seaway is quickly degrading, making it urgent for ASEAN member countries and China to agree on a cooperative effort to preserve the sea's ecosystem. Photo: NASA/Wikipedia Commons.

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ASEAN and China must cooperate to protect the South China Sea

by Julius Trajano July 15, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte meet on the sidelines of the APEC summit last year. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev via Reuters

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Russia’s ‘balanced’ approach to China, ASEAN has its limits

by Sergei Blagov July 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Kishore Mahbubani. Photo: Flickr Commons

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In defense of Singapore’s chief naysayer

by Marcus Loh July 3, 2017

No backing down – United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria

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US unlikely to act on anti-China rhetoric

by Ken Moak June 17, 2017June 18, 2017

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