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  China's Push Into Western Pacific Alarms U.S. Allies in Asia

  Bloomberg - By Ting Shi and Isabel Reynolds

  With the Trump administration warning of a possible war with North Korea, U.S. allies in Asia are sounding the alarm on another risk: a clash with …

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  China has no comfortable answer to US tax cuts

  Financial Times

  Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US Republicans’ tax cuts, which recently made it through Congress and will be implemented this year, will have deep and far-ranging consequences. They will be felt even in …

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  Is this cross-border river the new South China Sea for disputes?

  South China Morning Post  - Catherine Wong

  The Beijing-led Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism was set up to help ease tensions over development projects, but environmental groups are yet to …

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  Making China Great Again

  The New Yorker - Evan Osnos

  As Donald Trump surrenders America’s global commitments, Xi Jinping is learning to pick up the pieces. When the Chinese action movie “Wolf Warrior II” arrived in theatres, in July, it looked like a standard shoot-’em-up, with a lonesome hero and frequent explosions. Within two weeks, however, “Wolf …

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  Palau holds out as China squeezes Taiwan’s allies

  Financial Times - Nicolle Liu

  Receive free Asia-Pacific updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Asia-Pacific news every morning. Palau, a tiny Pacific nation of just 21,500 people, has vowed to resist renewed pressure from Beijing to cut its diplomatic links with Taiwan. One of just 20 nations …

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  China’s Communist party raises army of nationalist trolls

  Financial Times - Yuan Yang

  Receive free Chinese politics & policy updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Chinese politics & policy news every morning. Dark Sunshine is proud of his country — and keen to take on its detractors. “China has become a strong nation and I want the whole world to see …