https://www.scmp.com/rss/506377/feed Sebastian Strangio is a Thailand-based journalist focusing on Southeast Asia. He is the author of Hun Sen’s Cambodia (2014) and the forthcoming In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Making predictions is difficult, the old saying goes, especially when dealing with the future. The coronavirus pandemic has nonetheless prompted a raft of speculation about its geopolitical impact on Southeast Asia. Some observers have suggested Covid-19 will catalyse a regional pushback against China, others that the virus will lead to a new Chinese-led order in the Indo-Pacific. As tempting as it is to predict grand transformations, the pandemic is unlikely to fundamentally alter the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3090442/dont-hold-your-breath-dramatic-southeast-asian-pushback-against?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3090442/dont-hold-your-breath-dramatic-southeast-asian-pushback-against?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:30:15 +0000 Walking through the centre of Dhaka's old city, Taimur Islam stops to lament the loss of another historical building. From a plastic binder, the architect produces pictures of a stately colonial mansion, built around the turn of the 1900s, that has recently been reduced to a pile of rubble. In the shaded lot where the building once stood, a few walls remain, their cream-coloured stucco work standing out proudly from piles of shattered brickwork. 'A lot of old buildings have been destroyed over... https://www.scmp.com/article/985325/beyond-bazaar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/985325/beyond-bazaar?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:00:00 +0000