While it will be smooth sailing for Dissanayake on economic and investment issues, geo-strategic issues like visits by Chinese research vessels to Sri Lankan port will be ticklish. China insists that the vessels in question are not spy vessels, as India alleges, but are bona fide oceanographic research vessels. After talks with Indian Prime Ministe

But  warn that the still unfinished Forest City project, a U.S. $100 billion endeavor, could spook foreign investment in the JS-SEZ. Started in Malaysia’s Johor state by one of China’s largest developers 12 years ago, the ambitious project has failed to meet its lofty goals and is a cautionary tale. “The troubled Forest City project could in

First, Vietnam has already decided to focus on advancing to the high end of the industrial chain and is no longer willing to rely solely on the comparative advantage of labor to develop labor-intensive industries. In recent years, foreign investment in Vietnam has increasingly focused on high-value-added sectors. For example, technology giants such

Recently there have been media reports that Vietnam seems to be further reforming the power structure of its ruling party. The reports suggest that the Communist Party (CPV) in Vietnam is dividing the party’s internal power into three major areas in hopes of achieving a rational division to improve decision-making efficiency. The further improvem

Second, he adds that Western-led containment alliances around China had led to strategic competition between Washington and Beijing and that India was keen to use this opportunity to develop its economy, for which it needed China as a development partner. Third, there is also a belief that India was relenting on its “xiè mò sh? l?” [????] att