The World According to Cambodia’s CPP
If the West truly wants to change Hun Sen’s behavior, it needs to understand how he sees the world.
Don’t hold your breath for a dramatic Southeast Asian pushback against China
As US-China tensions grow and temperatures rise in the South China Sea, Southeast Asia will only become more tense, anxious and constrained.
City of light
The backwash from Sihanoukville could be felt most of the way up National Road 4, the dilapidated two-lane highway linking Cambodia’s capital to its southern coast.
Vietnam learns to live in China’s shadow
Four decades on, China’s 1979 border war is officially ‘forgotten’ in Hanoi.
Malaysia Wrestles With Beijing’s One Belt One Road Bonanza
The sales office for Forest City, one of Malaysia’s largest residential property developments, looks less like an office than an airport hangar or a museum atrium: a futuristic dome flooded with noise and light.
One-Party Cambodia’s Grim Message
China-backed authoritarianism is on the rise in Cambodia as the influence of the US and other Western donor countries retreats
Ghosts of Pogroms Past Haunt Indonesia
After the jailing of Jakarta’s former governor, Chinese Indonesians find themselves caught between age-old prejudice and fears of a rising China.
Cambodian Democracy Makes Its Last Gasps
An indifferent United States and assertive China have emboldened one of Asia’s longest-serving leaders to embrace outright authoritarianism.
The ‘lawless’ playgrounds of Laos
A Chinese gambling enclave in a remote part of Laos has become a ‘semi-lawless’ zone where gambling, prostitution, and illicit trades flourish.
The Rise, Fall and Possible Renewal of a Town in Laos on China’s Border
For five years, this remote town on the China-Laos border has lived in the shadow of more prosperous times.
Aung San Suu Kyi faces dilemma over controversial dam project
Since its suspension five years ago, the $3.6 billion Myitsone hydropower project has come to symbolize the bad old days in Myanmar.
The new ‘explorers’
In June 1866, six Frenchmen departed from Ho Chi Minh City on a dangerous mission up the mighty Mekong River.
