
Aaron Connelly
@connellyal
Asia diplomatic editor and senior Asia correspondent, @TheEconomist. Former think-tanker. Mostly posting at the other place now, but still lurking here.
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“South-East Asian countries are really concerned about Chinese goods flooding South-East Asian markets.” Aaron Connelly joins “Drum Tower” to discuss the predicaments facing China’s neighbours amid the trade war econ.st/3GxQ52E



A story from the northeastern side of the Sino-Vietnamese borderlands over 100 years ago. I wonder if Trump can comprehend this history. From Sister Qingfei Yin's new book: "State Building in Cold War Asia: Comrades and Competitors on the Sino-Vietnamese Border". Cambridge University Press - History


New from Katie Bryant on The Economist’s visual investigations team: In the past two months the junta has launched more airstrikes, including on civilians, than it did prior to declaring a ceasefire in the days following the March 28th earthquake. youtube.com/shorts/kJw_s9k…


Fifty years ago, tens of thousands fled Vietnam as the war ended. In the years since many have returned. Now their children are coming back, too. For The Economist I wrote about how these returnees are shaping Vietnam’s development economist.com/asia/2025/05/2…





Our look back at #SLD25, by my colleague Anton La Guardia, already on the E4-B back to Washington with SECDEF: economist.com/asia/2025/05/3….


Ukraine’s astonishing raid deep inside Russia rewrote the rules of war. It also enraged Putin — and that will have consequences. Today’s piece with Shashank Joshi. economist.com/europe/2025/06…
