China seeks Southeast Asia gains as US influence falters

George Mihalcea

China's top diplomat Wang Yi has used a three-country tour of Cambodia , Thailand and Myanmar to present Beijing as a steady partner in a region unsettled by war, trade tensions and doubts about US reliability. The five-day visit ended on Sunday as Southeast Asia weathers the trade turbulence from the Iran war , which has driven up energy prices and threatened growth across import-dependent Asian economies. The conflict has compounded uncertainty from Washington's tariff policy , which

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