This article was published by TODAY on 15 January 2021.
This interview was broadcast by StratNews Global on 14 January 2021.
Malaysia’s King has put parliamentary politics on hold to the undoubted benefit of the current prime minister.
A new study suggests that official Chinese lending has dropped in recent years. This stems from lessons learnt after a decade of mistakes in overseas lending. Despite the decline, the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative shows no signs of slowing.
It is puzzling that the Prime Minister neglects to give assurance that relief will be delivered, if necessary, during this lockdown. Perhaps his government genuinely believes that the broader scope of essential services, along with stimulus programmes introduced in Budget 2021, will translate into a minimal downturn.
In this webinar, Dr Bill Hayton explains how a failed Chinese official who became a self-taught geography professor and two of his students who became government advisors invented the line in the 1930s and 1940s.
This article was first published by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute as Trends in Southeast Asia 2021/1 ‘Non-state Chinese Actors And Their Impact On Relations Between China And Mainland Southeast Asia’ and extracted for publication by South China Morning Post on 13 January 2021.
This article was first published by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute as Fulcrum Commentary “The “Indo-Pacific” is Here to Stay” and republished by Think China on 13 January 2021.
This article was published by The Diplomat on 12 January 2021 and referred to Fulcrum Commentary “Bersatu and Perikatan Nasional: Parlous State of Political Limbo“
The CPV’s 15th Plenum: “The Art of the Possible” in Vietnamese Politics
The Communist Party of Vietnam, which is set to make some historic appointments to its top echelons, shows that Vietnamese politicians know how to master “the art of the possible”.