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Anwar’s nonalignment pays off big in Beijing

by Nile Bowie April 6, 2023April 13, 2023

SINGAPORE – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has cast his recent maiden state visit to China as a major foreign policy win, securing a record 170 billion ringgit (US$38.6 billion) worth of investment commitments from Beijing all the while asserting his country is non-aligned in the escalating New Cold War pitting Washington versus Beijing. The […]

Indonesia, China and the future of the Belt and Road

by John McBeth and Shawn W. Crispin November 16, 2022May 22, 2023

Malaysia inches back toward ‘elder brother’ China

by Nile Bowie April 19, 2021April 23, 2021

AT Finance, China

China-Malaysia railway still not on track

by Asia Times staff March 8, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Malaysia

No clear line on stalled China-Malaysia railway

by Nile Bowie January 31, 2019February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 20, 2018. Photo: AFP/How Hwee Young

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam

Chinese buyer beware in Mahathir’s Malaysia

by Nile Bowie September 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (C) and China's Premier Li Keqiang (2nd R) clap as delegates exchange documents during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 20, 2018. Photo: AFP/Pool/How Wee Young

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Oceania, South Asia, World

Mahathir resets the terms for dealing with China

by Nile Bowie August 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur on May 11, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, World

How far will Mahathir push China?

by Nile Bowie July 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad attends a news conference in Menara Yayasan Selangor, Pataling Jaya, Malaysia May 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia

Could Mahathir’s clean-up spark a financial crisis?

by Nile Bowie May 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks to the crowds during a rally in a September 15, 1999 file photo. AFP PHOTO/Shamshahrin Shamsudin

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

ASEAN neighbors feel Malaysia market maelstrom

by Gary Kleiman May 29, 2018

New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, May 11, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, World

Will Mahathir look past China to the US?

by David Hutt May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

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