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for Philippines</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3021647/dutertes-china-development-plan-south-china-sea-islands-poses?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>The Philippine president has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with Xi Jinping to transform Fuga, Chiquita and Grande into tourism and leisure destinations, but the influx of Chinese cash could have long-term implications for national security.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:45:22 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Jeoffrey Maitem</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3021647/dutertes-china-development-plan-south-china-sea-islands-poses?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/08/06/0c471622-b82b-11e9-ae68-64d74e529207_image_hires_183611.JPG?itok=dFuwYTBP" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>Jeoffrey Maitem</author><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/08/06/0c471622-b82b-11e9-ae68-64d74e529207_image_hires_183611.JPG?itok=dFuwYTBP" type="image/jpeg" length="1280"/></item><item><title>India&#x2019;s dispute with Pakistan over Jammu &amp; Kashmir has a loser &#x2013; New Delhi&#x2019;s cherished secularism</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3021525/indias-dispute-pakistan-over-jammu-kashmir-has-loser-new-delhis?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>While India holds that religion cannot be an organising principle, its actions in its northernmost province belie that, writes Ajai Shukla.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:15:14 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Ajai Shukla</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3021525/indias-dispute-pakistan-over-jammu-kashmir-has-loser-new-delhis?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://storage.scmp.com/cors_uploads/Kashmir_web_1.mp4" duration="220"/><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/video/images/2019/01/18/thumbnail_web_text_0.jpg?itok=z2zrjdwM"/><author>Ajai Shukla</author><enclosure url="https://storage.scmp.com/cors_uploads/Kashmir_web_1.mp4" length="220" type="video/mp4"/><enclosure url="https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/video/images/2019/01/18/thumbnail_web_text_0.jpg?itok=z2zrjdwM" length="1280" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Chinese exceptionalism, law vs etiquette and &#x2018;chopsticks people&#x2019;</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3021354/chinese-exceptionalism-law-vs-etiquette-and-chopsticks-people?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>Former Singaporean foreign minister George Yeo shares his thoughts on Beijing&#x2019;s simultaneous disdain and awe for the rule of law, the Chinese language and control, and a moral system built without religion.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:25:23 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>George Yeo</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3021354/chinese-exceptionalism-law-vs-etiquette-and-chopsticks-people?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://storage.scmp.com/cors_uploads/Full_5.mp4" duration="1790"/><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn2.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/video/images/2018/01/25/web1_0.jpg?itok=Y0WkOmWz"/><author>George Yeo</author><enclosure url="https://storage.scmp.com/cors_uploads/Full_5.mp4" length="1790" type="video/mp4"/><enclosure url="https://cdn2.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/video/images/2018/01/25/web1_0.jpg?itok=Y0WkOmWz" length="1280" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Golden era with China, or special relationship with Trump? Brexit Boris must choose for Britain</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3021189/golden-era-china-or-special-relationship-trump-brexit-boris-must?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>Managing relations with the warring world powers will be a delicate balancing act for Britain&#x2019;s new prime minister Boris Johnson. Will it be economic interest or the weight of history that tips the scales?</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:00:06 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Cary Huang</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3021189/golden-era-china-or-special-relationship-trump-brexit-boris-must?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/08/02/4608af0c-b433-11e9-8f9c-a6398a9f90a9_image_hires_180546.JPG?itok=N7SZ_GrE" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>Cary Huang</author><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/08/02/4608af0c-b433-11e9-8f9c-a6398a9f90a9_image_hires_180546.JPG?itok=N7SZ_GrE" type="image/jpeg" length="1280"/></item><item><title>East Timor wants to tap oil and gas near Australia, so why is it courting China?</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3021223/east-timor-wants-tap-oil-and-gas-near-australia-so-why-it?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>International energy firms have left the country in the lurch by pulling out of a critical offshore project near Darwin, which has left Dili with only one place to turn.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2019 13:00:15 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Meaghan Tobin</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3021223/east-timor-wants-tap-oil-and-gas-near-australia-so-why-it?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/08/04/0febcc40-b45d-11e9-8f9c-a6398a9f90a9_image_hires_100038.JPG?itok=-9PCwQSj" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>Meaghan Tobin</author><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/08/04/0febcc40-b45d-11e9-8f9c-a6398a9f90a9_image_hires_100038.JPG?itok=-9PCwQSj" type="image/jpeg" length="1280"/></item><item><title>Chinese cash: enough to keep East Timor out of Asean?</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3021219/chinese-cash-enough-keep-east-timor-out-asean?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>Southeast Asia&#x2019;s youngest nation faces a Catch-22 in ties with China. To join Asean, it needs to improve its economy, but accepting China&#x2019;s help may jeopardise its chances.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2019 08:30:08 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Meaghan Tobin</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3021219/chinese-cash-enough-keep-east-timor-out-asean?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/08/04/3df96ac4-b37d-11e9-8f9c-a6398a9f90a9_image_hires_100517.JPG?itok=ejio0euo" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>Meaghan Tobin</author><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/08/04/3df96ac4-b37d-11e9-8f9c-a6398a9f90a9_image_hires_100517.JPG?itok=ejio0euo" type="image/jpeg" length="1280"/></item><item><title>Mike Pompeo set for first visit to Thailand as US looks to renew ties despite junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha retaining grip on power</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3020616/mike-pompeo-set-first-visit-thailand-us-looks-renew-ties?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>Washington downgraded ties with Bangkok after junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha&#x2019;s 2014 coup. But with the US looking for allies in the region against an increasingly assertive China, has everything been forgiven?</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 07:00:10 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Jitsiree Thongnoi</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3020616/mike-pompeo-set-first-visit-thailand-us-looks-renew-ties?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://storage.scmp.com/cors_uploads/THAI_WEB_0.mp4" duration="245"/><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn3.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/video/images/2019/02/18/thai_web_text.jpg?itok=W03cEWJu"/><author>Jitsiree Thongnoi</author><enclosure url="https://storage.scmp.com/cors_uploads/THAI_WEB_0.mp4" length="245" type="video/mp4"/><enclosure url="https://cdn3.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/video/images/2019/02/18/thai_web_text.jpg?itok=W03cEWJu" length="1280" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>University of Queensland braces for protest over China&#x2019;s Confucius Institute and free-speech concerns</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3020547/university-queensland-braces-protest-over-chinas-confucius?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>Demonstrators taking aim at Beijing say they fear for their safety but are still planning another demonstration for Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2019 07:15:07 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>John Power</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3020547/university-queensland-braces-protest-over-chinas-confucius?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/08/07/db3b37f8-b1f8-11e9-8f9c-a6398a9f90a9_image_hires_130347.JPG?itok=_QLY1Qau" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>John Power</author><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/08/07/db3b37f8-b1f8-11e9-8f9c-a6398a9f90a9_image_hires_130347.JPG?itok=_QLY1Qau" type="image/jpeg" length="1280"/></item><item><title>Using WhatsApp and SMS, refugee Behrouz Boochani writes book on Manus Island suffering</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3020309/using-whatsapp-and-sms-refugee-behrouz-boochani-writes-book-manus?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>Kurdish migrant Behrouz Boochani has forged an unlikely career from a Pacific detention centre &#x2013; as an author, speaker and human rights campaigner</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 07:00:11 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Kate Walton</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3020309/using-whatsapp-and-sms-refugee-behrouz-boochani-writes-book-manus?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/27/2eb44d48-ad3f-11e9-a61f-bc570b50c4e7_image_hires_004247.JPG?itok=RpgqsAZZ" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>Kate Walton</author><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/27/2eb44d48-ad3f-11e9-a61f-bc570b50c4e7_image_hires_004247.JPG?itok=RpgqsAZZ" type="image/jpeg" length="1280"/></item><item><title>Taiwan&#x2019;s 2020 election candidates? It&#x2019;s the US vs China</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3020313/taiwans-2020-election-candidates-its-us-vs-china?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>Never has the question of whether to align with Washington or Beijing been more important for voters in the island&#x2019;s presidential race.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2019 11:00:18 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Cary Huang</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3020313/taiwans-2020-election-candidates-its-us-vs-china?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/27/5ca5f824-aeab-11e9-a61f-bc570b50c4e7_image_hires_005718.JPG?itok=0i7f5eSV" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>Cary Huang</author><enclosure 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url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/27/45f2575a-afa3-11e9-a61f-bc570b50c4e7_image_hires_161347.jpg?itok=aP6Ld97t" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>Bhavan Jaipragas</author><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/27/45f2575a-afa3-11e9-a61f-bc570b50c4e7_image_hires_161347.jpg?itok=aP6Ld97t" type="image/jpeg" length="1280"/></item><item><title>Xi Jinping&#x2019;s ZTE concession to Donald Trump still haunts Chinese negotiators in US trade talks</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3020305/xi-jinpings-zte-concession-donald-trump-still-haunts-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>Xi Jinping reportedly agreed to allow a compliance department chosen by the US to be embedded into the firm, but the move has only emboldened Washington.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:30:06 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Wang Xiangwei</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3020305/xi-jinpings-zte-concession-donald-trump-still-haunts-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://storage.scmp.com/d8/cors_uploads/2019/07/16/WEB2_china%20slow%20GDP_0.mp4" duration="65"/><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/video/images/2019/07/16/web_china_gdp_low.jpg?itok=_W5B4_Uz"/><author>Wang Xiangwei</author><enclosure url="https://storage.scmp.com/d8/cors_uploads/2019/07/16/WEB2_china%20slow%20GDP_0.mp4" length="65" type="video/mp4"/><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/video/images/2019/07/16/web_china_gdp_low.jpg?itok=_W5B4_Uz" length="1280" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>University of Queensland faces heat for naming Chinese diplomat Xu Jie as faculty member</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3020168/university-queensland-faces-heat-naming-chinese-diplomat?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>The Australian institution earlier this month named Xu Jie, Chinese consul-general in Brisbane, to a post, with no public announcement.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2019 12:18:26 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>John Power</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3020168/university-queensland-faces-heat-naming-chinese-diplomat?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://storage.scmp.com/d8/cors_uploads/2019/07/25/16-9_5_1.mp4" duration="66"/><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/video/images/2019/07/25/scmpnext_thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=L8EHDKU9"/><author>John Power</author><enclosure url="https://storage.scmp.com/d8/cors_uploads/2019/07/25/16-9_5_1.mp4" length="66" type="video/mp4"/><enclosure 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indicators&#x2019; of Beijing&#x2019;s increased presence in the Pacific. The Coast Guard plans to offer themselves as a &#x2018;partner of choice&#x2019; to nations in the region and help protect their sovereign interests.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:32:53 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Meaghan Tobin</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3019774/us-steps-its-activities-pacific-counter-chinas-growing?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/23/caa8a66a-ad29-11e9-a61f-bc570b50c4e7_image_hires_190333.JPG?itok=W-V_UwGi" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>Meaghan Tobin</author><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/23/caa8a66a-ad29-11e9-a61f-bc570b50c4e7_image_hires_190333.JPG?itok=W-V_UwGi" type="image/jpeg" length="1280"/></item><item><title>Duterte says he allows Chinese vessels to fish in Philippine waters to prevent war</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3019648/duterte-says-he-allows-chinese-vessels-fish-philippine-waters?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>Manila &#x2018;owns the West Philippine Sea but China controls it&#x2019;, the president said in his State of the Nation address, which also saw him ask Congress to reimpose the death penalty for drug-related crimes.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:36:45 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Raissa Robles</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3019648/duterte-says-he-allows-chinese-vessels-fish-philippine-waters?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/23/a5be54b4-ac82-11e9-a61f-bc570b50c4e7_image_hires_102213.jpg?itok=tdMZu_lE" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>Raissa Robles</author><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/23/a5be54b4-ac82-11e9-a61f-bc570b50c4e7_image_hires_102213.jpg?itok=tdMZu_lE" type="image/jpeg" length="1280"/></item><item><title>Militant Rohingya group raises funds in Malaysia by extorting money from Muslim refugees</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3019396/militant-rohingya-group-raises-funds-malaysia-extorting-money?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>The funds have been used by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, say counterterrorism police. Malaysia has been vocal about getting justice for the persecuted minority but the realisation that some members could be a security threat has caused disquiet</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:00:11 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Amy Chew</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3019396/militant-rohingya-group-raises-funds-malaysia-extorting-money?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/22/e0c3c720-a9e3-11e9-862b-600d112f3b14_image_hires_124744.JPG?itok=gyvaL9KY" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" width="1280" height="720"/><author>Amy Chew</author><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/methode/2019/07/22/e0c3c720-a9e3-11e9-862b-600d112f3b14_image_hires_124744.JPG?itok=gyvaL9KY" type="image/jpeg" length="1280"/></item><item><title>Japanese carmakers can&#x2019;t shake off fears of Donald Trump&#x2019;s tariff threats</title><link>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3019382/japanese-carmakers-cant-shake-fears-trumps-tariff-threats?utm_source=rss_feed</link><description>Suggestions Washington and Tokyo could announce a trade deal later this year haven&#x2019;t eased fears of Japanese car firms.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2019 12:30:06 +0800</pubDate><dc:creator>Julian Ryall</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3019382/japanese-carmakers-cant-shake-fears-trumps-tariff-threats?utm_source=rss_feed</guid><media:content url="https://storage.scmp.com/d8/cors_uploads/2019/05/27/WEB%20TRUMP%20JAPAN.mp4" duration="103"/><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/video/images/2019/05/27/thumbnail_sp_trump_japan.jpg?itok=nrgC-LYJ"/><author>Julian Ryall</author><enclosure url="https://storage.scmp.com/d8/cors_uploads/2019/05/27/WEB%20TRUMP%20JAPAN.mp4" length="103" type="video/mp4"/><enclosure url="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/video/images/2019/05/27/thumbnail_sp_trump_japan.jpg?itok=nrgC-LYJ" length="1280" type="image/jpeg"/></item></channel></rss>
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