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But vaccine diplomacy has shed light on an even more fundamental truth: A hybrid cold war is underway, involving the US, China and other pivotal states.

NUS Business School’s Alex Capri explains how countries are using the COVID-19 vaccines to engage in a proxy geopolitical battle

All China Development Bank (CDB) contracts in the sample include the termination of diplomatic relations between China and the borrowing country among the events of default.

There's more to China's foreign loans than meets the eye, says Professor Bo Zhiyue

General Min Aung Hlaing and other Tatmadaw leaders were certainly watching and taking notes when Thailand’s 2014 coup against a popularly-elected civilian democracy sustained itself into a military-dominated pseudo-democracy in 2019.

ISEAS’ Dr Paul Chambers draws parallels between Myanmar's current political situation and the military's rise to power in Thailand

When the young Mr Li - a China-born student - first arrived in Singapore 15 years ago, he was reportedly saddled with loans of S$100,000 and only made enough money to rent a room in Braddell.

The Smart Investor's David Kuo details the public rise of Sea founder Forrest Li