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STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 08, 2022 • 7 min read

Analysis Indonesians are drawing a hard line on China

By Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat • Jul 08, 2022
Public pushback against the Asian superpower’s South China Sea aggression, Belt and Road Initiative and Uyghur repression complicate relations

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 14, 2022 • 10 min read

Analysis A superpower struggle on the Cambodian coast

By Alec Pronk • Mar 14, 2022
Ream Naval Base has become a strategic focus of U.S. attempts to thwart growing Chinese influence and ambitions in Southeast Asia

Mar 02, 2022 • 7 min read
Analysis

When it comes to Cambodia, Japan is playing the long game

Cambodia is left with two major election backers: Japan and China. Both countries view the Kingdom as a source of natural resources and market for export, but while Japan lags behind China in investment and access into the Kingdom, it has a broader strategy
By Mark S. Cogan • Mar 02, 2022

Dec 15, 2021 • 10 min read
Diplomacy

U.S. diplomat’s visit to Cambodia opens a big ASEAN year

A Phnom Penh stopover by a top U.S. adviser focuses on Southeast Asia’s strategic role in the global economy, Chinese relations and Myanmar’s autocratic abuses
By Brian P.D Hannon • Dec 15, 2021

Jul 14, 2021 • 3 min read
Podcast

The Anakut podcast: Cambodia’s controversial internet gateway

Proposals for an internet gateway in Cambodia have inevitably drawn comparisons to China's Great Firewall. In this episode of Anakut, we speak with digital security expert Moses Ngeth and James Griffiths, author of The Great Firewall of China, to hear what this plan could mean in practice
By Andrew Haffner • Jul 14, 2021

Jun 02, 2021 • 2 min read
South China Sea

China says military flight off Malaysia was ‘routine training’

Following the sighting of Chinese air force planes off Malaysian Borneo on Monday May 31, China has defended the flights, claiming they were being used for training purposes and therefore did not breach sovereignty
By Agence France-Presse • Jun 02, 2021

Apr 20, 2021 • 2 min read
South China Sea

Philippines’ Duterte prepared to deploy navy over South China Sea claim

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has previously embraced China, has now said he is willing to deploy military ships to the South China Sea to assert the country's claim over oil deposits in a contested part of the waterway.
By Agence France-Presse • Apr 20, 2021

Apr 16, 2021 • 10 min read
Heritage

Remembering the Thai-Chinese journey through Qing Ming festival

As the Qing Ming festival draws to a close among Thailand's ethnic Chinese population, families marking the occasion reflect on the treacherous journeys that brought their ancestors to Thai shores, and the significant role the community plays in the kingdom today
By Wanpen Pajai • Apr 16, 2021