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As China Builds the Grid, Laos’s Power Ambitions Enter a New Phase
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From Silence to Deflection: How China’s Internet Framed Thailand’s Deadly Train Accident
When a crane collapsed onto a moving passenger train in Thailand, killing dozens, the tragedy quickly became a major topic on Chinese social media. Discussion was not absent, but it followed a clear and defensive pattern, one that worked less to examine responsibility than to preempt ...
Fishermen conduct abalone management and protection operations at sea in the waters of Xiaocheng Town, Lianjiang County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China, on March 14, 2026. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto) (Photo by CFOTO / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)
"China's financial commitments are simply more tangible and easier to grasp than those of Europe," one delegate from an island state remarked to me on a bright spring day in late March, as we both gazed out at the East River from the United Nations Headquarters. Behind us, in airless ...
As China Builds the Grid, Laos’s Power Ambitions Enter a New Phase
2026 marks a strategic turning point for Laos in its ambition to become the “Battery of Southeast Asia”, with two mega power transmission projects advancing this year. On the first day of January 2026, the 230 kV Thavieng-Mahaxay transmission line ...
From Silence to Deflection: How China’s Internet Framed Thailand’s Deadly Train Accident
When a crane collapsed onto a moving passenger train in Thailand, killing dozens, the tragedy quickly became a major topic on Chinese social media. Discussion was not absent, but it followed a clear and defensive pattern, one that worked less to examine responsibility than to preempt ...