PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is currently in Beijing on his first non-Asean diplomatic foray. Emboldened by a surging economy and a thumping victory in the recent polls, Abdullah has chosen to visit China ahead of both the US and Japan.
Abdullah’s decision underlines two emerging themes in regional geopolitics. It also represents an important “coming of age” in Malaysia’s race-dominated politics.
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