Commentaries

Zoned out: China-Myanmar Economic Corridor still going nowhere

Min Aung Hlaing hopes big projects will enmesh China in Myanmar, forcing Beijing to underwrite the junta.

A Thai pro-democracy protester holds up the three-finger salute during a protest after Pheu Thai held a press conference announcing that the Move Forward Party (MFP) will no longer be part of the eight-party coalition at Pheu Thai Party's headquarters in Bangkok on August 2, 2023.

What to do about ‘freedom from speech?’

A woman films a large video screen outside a shopping mall showing Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking during an event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of China’s Communist Party at Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 2021. China’s economy is struggling for seven interconnected reasons, largely due to government policies and Xi’s predilection for control.

As China slows, Southeast Asian economies face woes