The weaponization of shipping channels
Taiwan
Could imposing a toll to pass through the Strait of Malacca, the narrow stretch of water that connects the Indian Ocean with the Pacific, be a profitable business? Indonesia's Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa seemed to float the idea at the end of April. "If we split it three ways between Indonesia , Malaysia, and Singapore, that could be quite something, right?" he said. He later clarified that he was not being entirely serious, after Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono said that his
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