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The Xi-Trump Meeting: What's on the Agenda

This week’s meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump, scheduled for May 14-15 in Beijing, may be one of the more important bilateral encounters of the year.

Graeme Acton

Gunshots at the Philippine Senate: Duterte’s Top Cop Barricades Himself as ICC Closes In

Carla Teng-Westergaard

Thaksin Is Back, But Thailand Has Changed

Purawich Watanasukh

ASEAN Leaders Grapple With the Fallout From the Iran War

Carla Teng-Westergaard

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ASEAN Wraps Up in the Philippines

Old Friends, New Ambitions: New Zealand and Malaysia.

Features

More Than a Placement: Learning Journalism in Indonesia

Singapore's housing system: What can New Zealand learn?

Jordan King

Kiwi Journalist Becomes New Face of BBC Singapore

Eleisha Foon

Opinion & Analysis

Energy Crisis Strikes South East Asia’s Fragile Travel Recovery

Gary Bowerman

Pakistan: Leveraging Geography Into Relevance In The Iran War

Divya Malhotra

India-New Zealand FTA 2026: Why the New Trade Deal Matters

Sumit Malhotra

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Key issues

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