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Bloomberg
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Brookings: China Seeks Better Asean Ties Amid Trade War
Lynn Kuok, Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies at the Brookings Institution, says she sees better relations between China and Southeast Asian nations, but there would be a "ceiling" to the improvement. She discusses what Chinese President Xi Jinping achieved following his visit to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia. She speaks with David Ingles an Avril Hong on "Bloomberg: The China Show." (Source: Bloomberg)
South China Morning Post
20-03-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
US-China rivalry forcing Southeast Asia to pick sides, congressional panel hears
Southeast Asian countries now recognise they may have no choice but to take sides in the Sino-American rivalry, at least in certain sectors, even as they seek to avoid that dilemma, a US congressional advisory panel heard on Thursday. Advertisement Moreover, this reality should prompt Washington to adopt a sector-by-sector approach to the region and shape its choices before Beijing does, according to testimony given at the US–China Economic and Security Review Commission. 'Increasingly, they are accepting that, even though they don't like it … they might have to choose on specific issues,' said Lynn Kuok of the Washington-based Brookings Institution, referring to Southeast Asian countries. With that in mind, the US should view competition in the region in terms of 'swing sectors' and not 'swing states' as other observers have suggested, said Prashanth Parameswaran of the Wilson Centre, also a Washington think tank. Swing states are countries that possess clout but are not firmly aligned with either the US or China. Jon Finer, US deputy national security adviser in the Biden administration, advocated prioritising ties with Southeast Asian heavyweights like Indonesia. Photo: White House
