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What does U.S.-China rivalry in Southeast Asia look like during COVID-19? Jonathan Stromseth writes that "although the [COVID-19] pandemic does not appear to be reshaping the regional order in fundamental ways, it could well accelerate preexisting trends and bolster China’s position."
Tsai Ing-wen is inaugurated in Taiwan. In separate posts on the Order from Chaos blog, Ryan Hass reviews reviews Tsai's first term and Richard Bush analyzes Tsai's inauguration speech to look at where Taiwan is headed in the next few years.
Podcast: Susan Thornton on U.S.-China relations. Susan Thornton discusses U.S-China relations with Bryan Curtis and Juliette Saly on Bloomberg Daybreak Asia.
President Trump's retreat from the global stage has created openings for China in multilateral institutions, such as the WHO. "Whenever Trump withdraws the U.S. from international leadership, Xi announces that China will step forward," Ryan Hass said in a New York Times interview. "Xi has been ruthlessly opportunistic about seeking to exploit America's withdrawal from global leadership for China's advantage."
Threat of conflict between Washington and Beijing looms over China's national legislative session. During China's two sessions, Cheng Li made comments on U.S.-China relations and Chinese sociopolitical issues in the Associated Press and Los Angeles Times.
