https://www.scmp.com/rss/505750/feed Ted Gover, PhD, writes on foreign policy and is director of the Tribal Administration Programme at Claremont Graduate University. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com More than most places, Southeast Asia has been affected acutely by the growing US-China rivalry that has kicked into high gear over the past decade. Covid-19 has intensified these strains between the world’s two largest economies, complicating Southeast Asia’s situation even further.  The coronavirus pandemic is deepening the divide between Washington and Beijing as both level accusations at each other over the disease’s origin. The Trump administration’s allegation that the Chinese Communist... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3082182/covid-19-sharpens-us-china-rivalry-complicating-southeast-asias?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3082182/covid-19-sharpens-us-china-rivalry-complicating-southeast-asias?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 May 2020 02:30:15 +0000