A German flag flutters outside the Great Hall of the People before a welcome ceremony for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing in May 2018. Photo: Reuters A German flag flutters outside the Great Hall of the People before a welcome ceremony for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing in May 2018. Photo: Reuters
A German flag flutters outside the Great Hall of the People before a welcome ceremony for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing in May 2018. Photo: Reuters
Richard Heydarian
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Richard Heydarian

China’s new abnormal: European patrols in disputed Southeast Asian waters

  • Richard Heydarian writes that Germany’s entry into the fray leaves China once again surrounded by Western naval powers, an echo of the dark days of the Opium Wars

Richard Heydarian
Richard Heydarian

Updated: 11:00pm, 15 Jun, 2019

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A German flag flutters outside the Great Hall of the People before a welcome ceremony for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing in May 2018. Photo: Reuters A German flag flutters outside the Great Hall of the People before a welcome ceremony for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing in May 2018. Photo: Reuters
A German flag flutters outside the Great Hall of the People before a welcome ceremony for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing in May 2018. Photo: Reuters
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Richard Heydarian

Richard Heydarian

Richard Heydarian is a Manila-based academic and author of "Asia's New Battlefield: US, China and the Struggle for Western Pacific" and the forthcoming "Duterte's Rise"