Nearly 70 per cent of survey respondents said the US and China are on a ‘collision course’ in Southeast Asia. Photo: AP
Nearly 70 per cent of survey respondents said the US and China are on a ‘collision course’ in Southeast Asia. Photo: AP
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Asia /  Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia has major doubts about US reliability in the region, but still wary of China: survey

  • More than 68 per cent of those canvassed lack confidence in the US as a ‘strategic partner and provider of regional security’
  • But there is also the recognition of Beijing as the unstoppable force it has become, amid an increasing realisation that resistance is futile

Charles McDermid
Charles McDermid

Updated: 6:43pm, 24 Jan, 2019

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Nearly 70 per cent of survey respondents said the US and China are on a ‘collision course’ in Southeast Asia. Photo: AP
Nearly 70 per cent of survey respondents said the US and China are on a ‘collision course’ in Southeast Asia. Photo: AP
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