Bizarre way of writing this story by ⁦South China Morning Post⁩ Headline should be ‘China’s leading South China Sea propagandist amplifies Beijing’s hawkish pressure on the Philippines’ scmp.com/news/china/dip…

And A Hue We Go!

My thoughts on the brutal takedown of Vuong Dinh Hue, who had been the leading candidate to succeed Nguyen Phu Trong as CPV Party Chief at the 14th. I’ve never seen #Vietnamese party politics as this vicious or institutionally damaging. rfa.org/english/commen…

I think it's now ok to worry about Vietnam

I remember the time when Mark Hoskin would fill his days writing anonymous one star reviews of books on the South China Sea that he didn’t like…
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If China is relying on Mark Hoskin to assert its historical claims in the South China Sea, it really must have run out of every other option…

So now the man who was being lined up for the top job in Vietnam is linked to a corruption scandal. The in-fighting at the top in Hanoi has reached an extraordinary pitch. Will there be anyone left in the Politburo when this is done? open.substack.com/pub/asiasentin…

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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As seen on all the best beaches…

This used to be one of Prince Andrew’s favourite resorts. I wonder if it still is…

Mr Hue getting to know the Chinese leadership. Smoothing his path to taking over the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam...

Since everyone at the top of Vietnamese politics is corrupt (with the exception of Mr Trong), the question is why some get taken down and not others. Who benefits from the campaign? The hard-core Leninists and the Ministry of Public Security…

Barrow-in-Furness about to become a ghost town as submarine engineers flee to Australia…

Finally, David Cameron has found some time for an Indo-Pacific tilt…

Cats in a sack have nothing on the succession battle now being played out in Vietnam. But party discipline is strong so they'll all come out with fake smiles at the end.
'To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.'

With insights from Bill Hayton
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'Yes, we're about to dump the president. That ok with you?'