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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

In March, Tran Dai Quang, Vietnam's security czar, spent a week shuffling from one high-level meeting to the next in Washington. [1]

Tran Nguyen Quan is a research associate with Tokyo International University's Asia Maritime Index project. [2]

HANOI -- Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang on Friday called for Japan's active involvement in helping to resolve his country's territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. [3]

HANOI -- Nguyen Phu Trong, the head of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party, appears to be borrowing from Chinese President Xi Jinping's playbook. [4]

TAIPEI -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign and efforts to bolster his power have alienated him from many and won him numerous enemies, the exiled Chinese dissident Yang Jianli told the Nikkei Asian Review earlier this m... [5]

TOKYO -- Yan Lianke and Yu Hua, two leading figures of modern Chinese literature, recently sat down with The Nikkei on separate visits to Japan to discuss their works. [6]

Hello, this is Kenji in Hong Kong. By the time this newsletter reaches your inbox, Chinese President Xi Jinping will have arrived in the city for his very first trip outside of mainland China since the outbreak of the pandemic more than two years ago... [7]

Tai-Heng Cheng is co-managing partner in the Singapore office of law firm Sidley Austin and co-leader of the firm's global trade and advocacy practice. He is also the co-founder of the Cheng-Harrell Institute for Global Affairs. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-04-30 · 53% match

Phuong Nguyen: The delicate act of balancing China and the West

In March, Tran Dai Quang, Vietnam's security czar, spent a week shuffling from one high-level meeting to the next in Washington.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-09-04 · 45% match

U.S. and Vietnam have room to expand their defense cooperation

Tran Nguyen Quan is a research associate with Tokyo International University's Asia Maritime Index project.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-05-25 · 44% match

Vietnam's leader urges more active role for Japan in South China Sea

HANOI -- Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang on Friday called for Japan's active involvement in helping to resolve his country's territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-03-27 · 44% match

Vietnam's most powerful man strives to put stamp on economy

HANOI -- Nguyen Phu Trong, the head of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party, appears to be borrowing from Chinese President Xi Jinping's playbook.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-08-20 · 43% match

Xi 'enemy to all Chinese' says exiled dissident Yang Jianli

TAIPEI -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign and efforts to bolster his power have alienated him from many and won him numerous enemies, the exiled Chinese dissident Yang Jianli told the Nikkei Asian Review earlier this m

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-01-07 · 40% match

Two Chinese novelists brave domestic bans to reach a global audience

TOKYO -- Yan Lianke and Yu Hua, two leading figures of modern Chinese literature, recently sat down with The Nikkei on separate visits to Japan to discuss their works.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-06-30 · 40% match

Vietnam's split personality and South Korea's thorny path to decoupling

Hello, this is Kenji in Hong Kong. By the time this newsletter reaches your inbox, Chinese President Xi Jinping will have arrived in the city for his very first trip outside of mainland China since the outbreak of the pandemic more than two years ago

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-04-06 · 40% match

Multilateral talks right way for China and ASEAN to manage disputes

Tai-Heng Cheng is co-managing partner in the Singapore office of law firm Sidley Austin and co-leader of the firm's global trade and advocacy practice. He is also the co-founder of the Cheng-Harrell Institute for Global Affairs.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-02-14 · 40% match

The Day When Ho Chi Minh Visited Myanmar

Yangon – On this day in 1958, Ho Chi Minh, the president of North Vietnam, arrived in Yangon (then Rangoon) on an official goodwill visit. On Feb.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-08-03 · 39% match

Through the lens: Eye on Asia for the first week of August - Nikkei Asia

The settlements of the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, one of the world's largest Tibetan Buddhism institutes, light up on July 27 in Sertar County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, China.

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