A window on today's China for Southeast Asia
The Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) returned to Singapore this June after a two-year COVID-19 pandemic-forced hiatus. ASEAN countries were among the participants most eager to see the interactions between major countries, especially China and the United States.
Traditionally a window and bridge connecting the Chinese mainland to the world, Hong Kong has embraced even greater development since its return to China, while lifting China-ASEAN relations to a new high
Singapore executed two men in one month in the spring of 2022 for drug offenses, marking the resumption of the death penalty in the country after a pause of more than two years. The executions stimulated unusual abolitionist sentiment in Singapore as well as international concern, especially the execution of a 33-year-old Malaysian national.
ASEAN is grappling with surging Omicron infections in tandem with myriad economic challenges
Room remains for upgrade of the RCEP
Production capacity cooperation is the heart of Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) in pursuit of common regional prosperity and synergized development. Such goals were enshrined in the Joint Statement on Production Capacity Cooperation among Lancang- Mekong Countries in 2016. A new initiative called “Multi- Nation, Multi-Park,” based on the experience of the China- Malaysia “Two Countries, Twin Parks” model, was launched at the 3rd LMC Leaders’ Meeting in August 2020. The leaders involved in designing the plan hold high expectations for its power to promote investment, create jobs, build capacity, reduce poverty, and foster technical and innovation cooperation.
China Report ASEAN 