ARTICLES

4 Feb 2025

Chinese Streaming Content in Southeast Asia: Opportunities for Thailand

Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt

China is using popular drama series to expand its soft power in Southeast Asia, and in particular, Thailand.

22 Jan 2025

Will Southeast Asian Countries Pass the US’ Heightened Export Controls?

Maria Monica Wihardja|George Tan

Tightened controls on exports of advanced technologies with US-origin components or technologies will affect key semiconductor-related manufacturing sectors. Southeast Asia can respond with short, medium, and long-run strategies.

China International Trade Southeast Asia Tariffs US

2 Jan 2025

Outlook 2025

The South China Sea in 2025: More of the Same, Possibly Worse

Ian Storey

The prognosis for tensions in the South China Sea dispute this year is pretty straightforward: what has been and is will continue to be so, and perhaps even worse.

China Indonesia Outlook 2025 Philippine South China Sea Vietnam

31 Dec 2024

2024 Top 10

Chinese in Malaysia: Proud of China’s Rise, Yet Fiercely Malaysian

Peter T. C. Chang

Chinese Malaysians are proud of China’s rise as a great power. But they have also forged a separate cultural identity quite apart from China’s efforts.

2024 Top 10 China China-Malaysia Relations Ethnic Malaysia

31 Dec 2024

2024 Top 10

The ‘Second China Shock’ and its Implications for Southeast Asia

John Lee

China’s progress up the technological ladder will impact Southeast Asian economies.

2024 Top 10 China Economy Southeast Asia Supply Chains

30 Dec 2024

2024 Top 10

The Philippines’ Near-Standoff with China at Sabina Shoal: Bolstering Preventive Deployment

Edcel John A. Ibarra

The Philippines has tried a new tactic of preventive deployment at Sabina Shoal but more must be done.

2024 Top 10 China Philippines South China Sea

25 Dec 2024

2024 Top 10

China’s Overcapacity and Southeast Asian Economies: A Blessing Despite Concerns

Maria Monica Wihardja|Sherry Tao Kong

China’s purported industrial overcapacity is a double-edged sword for Southeast Asian economies.

2024 Top 10 Asean Trade China Southeast Asia

25 Dec 2024

2024 Top 10

The Philippines and West Philippine Sea: Bringing Deterrence Into the Picture

Maria Gabriela Alano|Deryk Baladjay

The Philippines needs to start investing in a credible deterrence strategy if it wants to secure its interests in the West Philippine Sea.

2024 Top 10 China China-Philippine Relations Philippines South China Sea

20 Dec 2024

China’s Pop Fiction Boom Poses a Dilemma for the Party

Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt

The export of Chinese pop fiction has found ready markets in Southeast Asia such as Thailand. But some undesirable genres pose a dilemma for China’s soft power.

Arts and Culture China China-Southeast Asia relations

17 Dec 2024

Fan Bingbing: Tourism Ambassadorship and China’s Soft Power

Peter T. C. Chang

China’s soft power comes in various guises. Fan Bingbing’s appointment as Melaka’s tourism ambassador represents a new, private-sector driven form that will likely grow.

China China-Malaysia Relations Malaysia Tourism