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Author: Yvette To, CityU A priority in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–25) is to strengthen China’s autonomy in semiconductor production. This is in response t...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/22/china-chases-semiconductor-self-sufficiency/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-chases-semiconductor-self-sufficiency

Author: Brendan Clift, University of Melbourne The recent round-up and arrest of 53 pro-democracy activists in China’s nominally-autonomous, semi-democratic Hong Kong Special Administrative Reg...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/18/political-repression-and-authoritarian-legalism-in-hong-kong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=political-repression-and-authoritarian-legalism-in-hong-kong

Author: Charles R Hankla, Georgia State University US President Joe Biden’s administration must figure out how to pick up the pieces of former president Donald Trump’s controversial trade pol...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/15/will-bidens-america-change-course-on-china-and-trade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-bidens-america-change-course-on-china-and-trade

Author: Heimkhemra Suy, Phnom Penh Though the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) may bring only modest short-run economic benefits to Cambodia, the long-run outlook looks positive...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/13/how-rcep-benefits-cambodia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-rcep-benefits-cambodia

Author: Kyunghoon Kim, KCL Indonesia is establishing a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) in the coming weeks. While details are still lacking, it seems that the entity — tentatively referred to as Le...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/12/indonesias-modest-new-sovereign-wealth-fund/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indonesias-modest-new-sovereign-wealth-fund

Author: Lianrui Jia, UTSC China recently joined the global anti-monopoly movement, placing its leading digital platforms under closer scrutiny. Released in November 2020, China’s new draft anti...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/11/china-ups-anti-monopoly-reforms-to-curb-digital-platform-power/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-ups-anti-monopoly-reforms-to-curb-digital-platform-power

Author: Alok Sheel, ICRIER India has seen a sharp contraction in growth over the past year. The macroeconomic policies implicit in the country’s 2021–22 Union Budget, presented on 1 February,...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/10/indias-union-budget-2021-22-and-fiscal-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indias-union-budget-2021-22-and-fiscal-policy

Author: Nopriyanto Hady Suhanda, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia Now that the United Kingdom has left the European Union, there is a chance for Indonesia to build on the UK–Indonesia bilateral e...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/30/time-to-strengthen-the-uk-indonesia-economic-relationship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-to-strengthen-the-uk-indonesia-economic-relationship

Author: Simon Creak, NTU Held from 13–15 January 2021, the 11th Congress of the ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) — the most eagerly anticipated event of Laos’s five-year pol...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/27/hints-at-political-change-in-laos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hints-at-political-change-in-laos

Authors: Shiro Armstrong and Evgeniia Shannon, ANU On 30 December 2020, all 27 EU member states agreed to the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) with China after seven years of negotiati...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/24/europes-investment-initiative-with-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=europes-investment-initiative-with-china