This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2020/95 “China’s Belt and Road Finds Southeast Asia a Tough Slog” and adapted for publication by South China Morning Post on 8 September 2020.
Murray Hiebert, is the author of a new book, Under Beijing’s Shadow: Southeast Asia’s China Challenge. He is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
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