US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan conducts security and stability operations in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan conducts security and stability operations in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP
US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan conducts security and stability operations in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP
Liew Chin Tong
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Liew Chin Tong

China should free itself of ‘zero-sum thinking’ and help create new rules for a multipolar world

  • Beijing shouldn’t use the China-US binary to define the world but instead forge ties with other Asian nations without behaving like a big power or causing anxiety among smaller neighbours
  • Many Asian countries want China to treat them as brothers and sisters who share a common identity and similar security concerns, Malaysia’s Deputy Defence Minister Liew Chin Tong says

Liew Chin Tong
Liew Chin Tong

Updated: 4:12pm, 22 Oct, 2019

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US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan conducts security and stability operations in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan conducts security and stability operations in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP
US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan conducts security and stability operations in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP
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Liew Chin Tong

Liew Chin Tong

Liew Chin Tong was Malaysia's Deputy Defence Minister from July 2018 to February 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party's Central Executive Committee.