Beijing’s Ambitions and Tactics to Control Southeast Asia

Beijing’s Ambitions and Tactics to Control Southeast Asia
Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video at the opening ceremony of the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, in Nanning, in southern Guangxi, China, on Nov. 27, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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Commentary

The Chinese regime’s tactics of global domination largely focus on periphery diplomacy, strategically focusing on Southeast Asia, where Beijing has made some progress as seen by the shift of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s stance toward China.

Wang He
Wang He
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Wang He has master’s degrees in law and history, and has studied the international communist movement. He was a university lecturer and an executive of a large private firm in China. Wang now lives in North America and has published commentaries on China’s current affairs and politics since 2017.
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