Advantage China, as democracy slides from view in Southeast Asia

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Strongmen in power in Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia, single parties in Laos and Vietnam, and democracy eroding in Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia

If Southeast Asia is in an ‘authoritarian race to the bottom’, analysts say it will play into the hands of one of the countries in the US-China rivalry. Guess which one?

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3120795/advantage-china-democracy-slides-view-southeast-asia