https://www.scmp.com/rss/521140/feed Khong Yuen Foong is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Joseph Chinyong Liow,Khong Yuen Foong Joseph Chinyong Liow,Khong Yuen Foong As the gulf between China and the United States hardens into strategic rivalry, the question of choice looms large over Southeast Asia. When Singapore’s Lawrence Wong said in 2023 that his country was not “pro‑China or pro‑America” but simply “pro‑Singapore”, he captured the essence of the region’s predicament. Southeast Asian leaders have long repeated the familiar refrain: they do not wish to choose sides between the two great powers. Both Washington and Beijing, for their part, have often... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3324548/anatomy-choice-why-southeast-asia-aligning-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3324548/anatomy-choice-why-southeast-asia-aligning-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:18 +0000 The tariff war between the US and China has reached a stalemate of sorts with the US imposing a 145 per cent hike on Chinese imports and China raising tariffs on US imports to 125 per cent, saying it would ignore further hikes by the US. Trump hopes but probably does not expect China to capitulate and seek an audience with him to get relief from the punishing duties on their exports to the US. China’s refusal to bow to unilateral bullying aimed at upending the multilateral trading system and its... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3306942/could-asean-help-jump-start-us-china-trade-negotiations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3306942/could-asean-help-jump-start-us-china-trade-negotiations?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:30:08 +0000