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Singapore’s high-wire act in relations with China
Decades ago, the legendary leader of Singapore, Asia’s “economic tiger” with an overwhelmingly Chinese population, helped Beijing’s reformers rescue China’s economy and put it on a path to spectacular growth. Today, the bilateral trade remains robust, but the partnership has soured, and Singapore must watch its steps in the international arena.
Japan’s new outreach in Asia
China’s rise as an economic and military colossus has transformed the geopolitics of East Asia. Its most powerful neighbor, Japan, has embarked on a more self-reliant course, even as it continues to lean heavily on its alliance with the United States. Tokyo is expanding its contacts, both economic and strategic, ...
Japan’s quiet build-up to naval pre-eminence in East Asia
A precept of strategic planning is to study a country’s military capabilities rather than its presumed intentions. Japan’s practically unnoticed return to the ranks of first-class naval powers is a case in point. The country has many reasons to downplay its resurgent sea power to domestic and foreign audiences. But ...
China’s economic and political controls are pulling in opposite directions
President Xi Jinping is tightening his grip on China. Some in the West have presumed that a second Cultural Revolution is under way. But the correct analysis would be that Mr Xi is simply increasing the socialist rhetoric and centralising power so as to concentrate decision-making authority. He is taking ...
China targets exports and cleaner air to counter steel demand slowdown
China’s boom years saw huge increases in steel production, particularly for housing, cars and infrastructure projects. The nation’s current economic slowdown has encouraged producers to concentrate on exports, sparking accusations of steel ‘dumping’ and leading to tariffs in some countries, writes GIS guest expert Brendan O’Reilly. Beijing has attempted to ...
