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Vessels are docked at a Chinese-owned oil refinery on Maday Island off Kyaukphyu, Rakhine state, Myanmar, October 2, 2019.

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

Suspects linked to telecom frauds are brought back to China from Laos at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport on Sept. 11, 2023 in Chongqing, China.

The long arm of Chinese law is getting longer in Southeast Asia

2023-09-14
Vietnam's President Nguyen Phu Trong, greets the media after being re-elected as the Communist Party's general secretary for a third term in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 1, 2021.

Vietnam wants it all in balancing its ties with the US and China

2023-09-09
Srettha Thavisin, Thailand’s new prime minister, arrives at Pheu Thai Party headquarters in Bangkok, Aug. 24, 2023.

Commentary: Thailand’s new leadership will carry over junta’s old, hardline policies

2023-09-04
People paddle to collect plastic and glass containers to recycle in Pazundaung Creek in Yangon, Jan. 2023. Myanmar’s GDP has contracted 12 percent since January 2021, eviscerating decade’s worth of economic growth.

Myanmar’s post-coup economy comes crumbling down

2023-09-02
Members of ethnic rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army train at their camp in the forest in Myanmar's northern Shan state, March 8, 2023.

Tiny ethnic Ta’ang army is a bellwether for opposition fight against Myanmar junta

2023-08-29
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare (second from left) and China Premier Li Qiang (second from right) applaud as officials from their countries exchange signed documents at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, July 10, 2023.

China’s low-cost deal with Solomon Islands paper could bring large strategic benefit

2023-08-24
Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of Bhumjaithai Party (left) and Cholnan Srikaew, leader of Pheu Thai Party Cholnan bow to each other after a news conference in Bangkok announcing their coalition to form a new government, Aug. 7, 2023.

Thailand’s Pheu Thai close to winning power after allying with pro-military ‘Uncles’

2023-08-19
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