ASEAN’s Mixed Feelings About U.S.-China Detente
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. This week, I’m coming to you from the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, where I’ve been haunting the frigidly air-conditioned convention center halls. ...
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations Signs Free Trade Agreement Upgrade with China
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday signed an “upgraded” free trade agreement with China. The move was touted by Beijing as an acknowledgement of China’s growing power ...
China Takes Victory Lap with Provisional Trade Deal
Chinese state media ran a few victory laps on Sunday and Monday after news that U.S. and Chinese negotiators reached a provisional trade agreement after two days of talks in ...
Trump signs peace and trade deals ending conflict between Cambodia and Thailand — rips UN: ‘Didn’t get involved’
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — President Trump blasted the United Nations for not being more involved in ending wars as he signed peace and trade deals Sunday with the leaders of ...
Why World Leaders Are Descending on ASEAN
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: ASEAN’s summit makes Kuala Lumpur a geopolitical hub, Laos considers cutting power to crypto miners, a royal baby is ...
The Rise of Durian Diplomacy
The fruit’s scent announces its presence long before it comes into view. The aroma snakes down the lorongs, past the coffee houses and xian bing stalls of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown, ...
Why Marco Rubio’s Asia Visit Was a Total Bust
Marco Rubio’s first visit to the Indo-Pacific as secretary of state last week was an entirely forgettable, regrettable affair. The original plan was for Rubio to travel to Japan and ...
Rubio Walks Diplomatic Tightrope in Southeast Asia
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at an unenviable diplomatic trip in Malaysia, the Trump administration’s U.S. State Department overhaul, and a new deal to allow aid into ...
Trump eyes China visit for tariff talks, Rubio says after Malaysia meeting
WASHINGTON — President Trump will soon travel to China — likely to talk tariffs and other issues, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed Friday following a meeting with his counterpart ...
She’d dreamed of retiring in Malaysia for years. At 58, she packed up her life in New Zealand and went for it.
Ten years ago, Jill Tozer packed her bags, said goodbye to her daughters, and moved alone to Penang, a state in the northwestern part of Malaysia. A former physiotherapist, Tozer ...
