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WEEK IN REVIEW: China’s Lunar New Year Travel Splits Asia

China warned that a newly announced Indonesia–U.S. trade agreement should not target or harm “any third party.” The comment came after Indonesia and the United States unveiled new cooperation arrangements, prompting Beijing to weigh in publicly on the deal’s potential regional implications. (JAKARTA GLOBE)
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A pedestrian reads a sign at a petrol station in Tacloban City, Leyte province, central Philippines on March 30, 2026. Photo by MARLON TANO / AFP
In response to Iran’s partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States has begun implementing a counter-blockade—leveraging naval patrols, sanctions enforcement, and selective interdictions to constrain Iranian oil exports and raise the costs of Tehran’s strategy. Rather than restoring stability, however, this tit-for-tat dynamic is accelerating fragmentation in global ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: China’s Lunar New Year Travel Splits Asia

China warned that a newly announced Indonesia–U.S. trade agreement should not target or harm “any third party.” The comment came after Indonesia and the United States unveiled new cooperation arrangements, prompting Beijing to weigh in publicly on the deal’s potential regional implications. (JAKARTA GLOBE)
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