The “Small Yard, High Fence” Mirage: Why Sino-U.S. Tech Competition Will Not Be Contained
John Lee
The U.S.’ “small yard, high fence” strategy of restricting key technologies from China would be difficult to effect in practice.

John Lee
The U.S.’ “small yard, high fence” strategy of restricting key technologies from China would be difficult to effect in practice.
Kuah Khun Eng
China has long been propagating its Two Mountains theory to address climate change. But many Southeast Asian countries have tailored the concept according to their own needs.
Manoj Kewalramani
Sino-Indian relations have languished in a state of suspended animation for four years. A return to stability in the relationship would require, at the least, sustained high-level engagement.
Wang Zheng
China’s Digital Silk Road (DSR) initiative has made significant strides in Southeast Asia. All countries in the region have received DSR investments, with Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia taking the lion’s share. However, China faces multiple challenges in pushing the DSR forward, including the growing tensions between the state and private tech companies domestically as well as intensifying US-China technological rivalry and risks of tech bifurcation.
Lye Liang Fook
Seven ASEAN member states have signed on to China’s “community of shared future” more for mutually beneficial cooperation than because they subscribe fully to the Chinese vision of a new regional order. The remaining three may prefer practical cooperation to enmeshment in China’s grand strategy and discourse.
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Ian Storey
The PLA has increased the number of military exercises conducted with its smaller regional neighbours this year. But the scope, frequency and sophistication of the exercises still lag behind those conducted by the United States.
Nguyen Khac Giang
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Hanoi presented an opportunity for Beijing to draw Vietnam closer into its sphere of influence, especially since Vietnam has recently upgraded ties with the U.S. and Japan. However, Vietnam’s foreign policy will continue to strike a delicate balance between China and the West.
Chang-Yau Hoon|Hannah M.Y. Ho
The learning of Mandarin in Chinese schools in Brunei is driven less by the projection of Chinese soft power but more by practical considerations.
Collin Koh
The Philippines’ assertive transparency in the South China Sea has so far not generated negative economic repercussions for the country.
Daljit Singh
The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East portend more geopolitical uncertainty for East Asia