When neglect triggers unrest: ASEAN's uprising
Protests have spread like wildfire across economies in Asia as civil unrest over bad governance, corruption, and high cost of living is escalating.
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Protests have spread like wildfire across economies in Asia as civil unrest over bad governance, corruption, and high cost of living is escalating.

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India must tread carefully as it navigates a balance between geopolitical relations with the US and China, which has been soured by its entanglements with Russia.

State-owned Chinese firms carry the heavier burden of keeping the country’s manufacturing sector on high growth mode. Is this sustainable?

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Trump is doubling down political pressure on Brazil to get what he wants, at the cost of trade flows between the two nations.

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