In the past two decades, South-East Asia averaged 8.5 per cent gross domestic product growth, and foreign direct investment flow into the region grew nearly fourteen-fold. While China and the US have ...

Today, the Lowy Institute's annual South-East Asia aid map has been released, revealing health, education, and environmental programs in Southeast Asia's poorest countries are under threat as a ...

China is expected to fill a gap in aid funding to South-East Asia as the Trump administration dismantles United States development programs worldwide. The Lowy Institute's latest South-East Asia ...

Western aid cuts to South-east Asia, including US$17.2 billion from Europe and US$7.6 billion from the UK, will significantly reduce development finance. China's development finance to the region ...

The other vision can be found at Teresa Magbanua: a constantly shifting set of mini-confrontations in which China seeks to enforce its will on the sea while South-East Asian countries push back.