Under Beijing's Shadow: Southeast Asia's China Challenge: Australasian & Pacific history counterintelligence

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Under Beijing's Shadow: Southeast Asia's China Challenge: Australasian & Pacific history counterintelligenceChinas rise and stepped up involvement in Southeast Asia have prompted a blend of anticipation and unease among its smaller neighbors. The stunning growth of China has yanked up the regions economies, but its militarization of the South China Sea and dam building on the Mekong River has nations wary about Beijings outsized ambitions. Southeast Asians long felt relatively secure, relying on the United States as a security hedge, but that confidence