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Western aid cuts cede ground to China in Southeast Asia: study
China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the Trump administration and other Western donors ...
In a $29 billion race for influence, Australia trails China as our allies turn away
A new report has warned that health, education and environmental programs in Southeast Asia's poorest countries are under ...
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China’s influence in Southeast Asia to increase amid cut in Western aid, study finds
China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the Trump administration and other Western donors ...
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'Las Vegas in Laos': Riverside city awash with crime
The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (GTSEZ) is the most prominent of more than 90 such areas established across the ...
China-linked scam centers target U.S., congressional commission warns
Chinese industrial-scale scam centers are bilking Americans of more than $5 billion each year and giving Beijing a pretext to ...
Did Laos intend to send troops to Ukraine to back Russia?
Vientiane might have held back because of worries about international reprisals, observers say Worries about potential international reprisals and censure, on top of being exposed by Kyiv, may have ...
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'Golden Triangle': The riverside 'ecozone' in Laos awash with cybercrime
The city has now evolved, they say, into a cybercrime hub that can draw workers from around the world with better-paying jobs than back home.
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