17 July 2020
- RSIS
- Media Mentions
- Allies Weigh Options on Supporting US Stance on China
Allies Weigh Options on Supporting US Stance on China
Seeking support in a budding cold war with Beijing, the US is looking to Southeast Asia, where long-standing allies and security partners have clashed with their giant neighbour in the resource-rich South China Sea. But many of the rival claimants are also heavily reliant on China for trade and investment and wary of angering the dominant power in the neighbourhood. Their silence on the US statement suggests they don’t want to get ensnared in US-China tensions, said Collin Koh, a Research Fellow RSIS.
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