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Vietnam–Japan 2050: From Strategic Trust to a Shared Indo-Pacific Future 
Malaysian Indians: A Diminishing Voice in a Changing Nation How to manage China’s rise as a civilisational power
The world has yet to truly understand how to deal with a rapidly rising China. Even within China, some of the most learned minds are…
Samantha Johnson
Why US and China are struggling to reach a consensus over future shape of relationship
China and the United States may have agreed to establish a “constructive” relationship characterised by “strategic stability” but deep-seated differences have left the future shape…
Why Hong Kong students are heading to mainland China to intern
More Hong Kong students are turning to mainland China for summer internships as government and university schemes expand cross-border placements.
Students said they were drawn by…
Chinese tourist-site performer portraying poet Li Bai offers advice to burned-out visitors
A young Chinese man is reviving China’s most famous poet Li Bai at a tourist site, and has become millions of visitors’ emotional outlet for…
Asean monitors: ‘simply theatre’ in Thai-Cambodian narrative war?
Asean military observers have now visited both sides of the Thai-Cambodian frontier, measuring damage and recording claims as Bangkok and Phnom Penh continue to trade…
Trump vows to deliver US 250th birthday speech despite storm threat
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would deliver a speech to mark the country’s 250th anniversary on the National Mall “no matter what”,…