Beijing can capitalise on the uncertainty coming from Washington to woo Southeast Asia by showing “geopolitical magnanimity” on tough issues including the South China Sea, a Malaysian international affairs expert says.
Mohd Faiz Abdullah, chairman of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia think tank which advises the Malaysian government, also said that if South-East Asia was confronted with “corrosive” trade policies from the United States, the region “may have no choice but resort more to China”.
