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STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 11, 2019 • 13 min read
In Partnership with 1

International relations Cambodia and the great powers

By Simon Roughneen • Dec 11, 2019
In the second instalment in our eight-week partnership with Future Forum, a Cambodian think tank, we examine the Kingdom's attempts to navigate the choppy waters of great power politics.

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 19, 2019 • 7 min read

China's economy Slowing down

By Kevin Livingston • Nov 19, 2019
Having benefitted from decades of breakneck growth in China, trade- and investment-dependent ASEAN is vulnerable to fluctuations in the world’s second-biggest economy

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 13, 2019 • 8 min read
In Partnership with 1

Child protection Lost in translation

By Andrew Haffner • Nov 13, 2019
A wave of casino-driven Chinese tourism to Cambodia is creating new challenges for the community networks that child protection groups have spent years setting up

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 07, 2019 • 8 min read

ASEAN Summits Stuck in the middle with you

By Yohanes Sulaiman • Nov 07, 2019
As the world’s two biggest economies face off over trade, Southeast Asia is caught between American indifference and Chinese assertiveness

Oct 22, 2019 • 8 min read
Cambodian Politics

The return

On November 9, Cambodia’s opposition leaders have promised to return to the Kingdom to take the fight to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party. We spoke to senior CNRP politician Mu Sochua about her fast-approaching date with destiny
By Paul Millar • Oct 22, 2019

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 • Oct 02, 2019

Oct 01, 2019 • 6 min read
Opinion

Red flags

Seven decades on from the founding of the People's Republic of China, the inequalities that laid the foundation for years of socialist struggle across Southeast Asia remain rife across the region
By Paul Millar • Oct 01, 2019

Aug 27, 2019 • 11 min read
Vietnam economy

Winning the battle, losing the war?

Trade-oriented Vietnam has benefitted from the US-China stand-off, pulling in more investment. But growing exports are dominated by a few big foreign players, leaving Vietnam vulnerable to global market swings
By Simon Roughneen • Aug 27, 2019

Aug 21, 2019 • 17 min read
Foreign investment

Cambodia’s crossroads

The Kingdom's open economy has been hailed as a triumph of the free market. But as growing foreign investment in the Kingdom’s real estate sector threatens to price locals out of the market, the time has come to ensure that economic growth serves all Cambodians, not just a wealthy few
By Paul Millar • Aug 21, 2019

Jul 24, 2019 • 9 min read
Plastic waste imports

Waste not, want not

The discovery of 1,600 tonnes of illegal plastic waste in a Cambodian port is just the latest example of wealthy nations heaping their trash on countries ill-equipped to handle it
By Paul Millar • Jul 24, 2019

Jul 09, 2019 • 8 min read
Khmer Rouge

The revolution will be televised

From our print archive: Movie producer and real estate mogul Oum Prum looks back at his past life as a filmmaker for the Khmer Rouge regime
By Marc Eberle • Jul 09, 2019

Jun 26, 2019 • 19 min read
Illegal wildlife trade

Prescription for extinction

Traditional Chinese Medicine is a flagship of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. But scientists say demand for medicine containing animal parts could push tigers, bears, rhinos and pangolins to the brink of extinction
By Claire Baker-Munton • Jun 26, 2019