China

China • STORY OF THE DAY • May 06, 2020 • 6 min read

Opinion Singapore, ASEAN and non-alignment in the South China Sea: Time to choose

By Andy Wong • May 06, 2020
The South China Sea territorial dispute has pitted Southeast Asian nations against China in a heated standoff for decades. Singaporean defence analyst Andy Wong argues that the city-state should lead ASEAN in aligning with the US on the issue, warding off Beijing's growing influence

China • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 11, 2019 • 17 min read

Fall of the Berlin Wall The People’s PLC

By Paul Brisby • Nov 11, 2019
From our print archive: 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the death rattle of communism in Europe, we take a look back at China's socialism with capitalist characteristics – and how it has influenced governments across Southeast Asia

China • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 10, 2019 • 10 min read

Geopolitics Public enemies

By Paul Millar • Oct 10, 2019
Long accused by its critics of serving as a Vietnamese puppet, Cambodia's government now stands condemned of trying to serve two masters

China • Oct 02, 2019 • 6 min read
Protesting China

Vietnam’s vanguard

China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea are bitterly resented by Vietnamese citizens – but their protests depend more on the ruling regime than on people power
By Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet

China • Jun 19, 2019 • 9 min read
South China Sea

Mr. Forones takes on China

For years, Beijing has been controlling islands, reefs and atolls in the South China Sea. And one Philippine fisherman has started fighting back
By Carsten Stormer

China • Jun 03, 2019 • 18 min read
Casinos

Show me the money

As dozens of casinos set up shop in Cambodia each year, they stand to make millions annually – but the Kingdom has yet to rake in its fair share of the industry’s rising profits
By Robin Spiess

China • Feb 19, 2019 • 9 min read
China And the West

Too little, too late

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is reshaping the global monetary order – and the West is floundering in the face of it
By Minh Pham, Yves Carmona

China • Dec 18, 2018 • 15 min read
Belt and Road

Operation Mekong

China is exercising a level of economic influence on the Mekong states not seen since the height of its imperial might
By Bernhard Zand

China • Nov 13, 2018 • 14 min read
Anti-China sentiment

Seeing red

China is investing billions in Cambodia’s economy. But as more and more Cambodians raise fears of crime, corruption and colonial ambition, could rising public resentment lead to racially motivated violence?
By Paul Millar

China • Sep 11, 2018 • 10 min read
Belt and Road Initiative

Meeting resistance

Asean countries are beginning to display caution towards China’s massive infrastructure investments. Khor Yu Leng, an expert on Chinese investment in the region, talks with Southeast Asia Globe about this trend and the possible political fallout
By Tom O'Connell

China • Jan 01, 2018 • 15 min read
Cambodia

Why the West was doomed to fail

Backed by China, Prime Minister Hun Sen has entered 2018 triumphant from his decades-long struggle with the West – and set the stage for his succession
By Paul Millar