News Analysis
Beijing’s recent engagements with Southeast Asian countries—including a trip by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia—resulted in exchanges and commitments to deepen economic cooperation. Meanwhile, efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to find common cause with those nations against the United States’ toughening trade policies have been less successful.
Xi’s first tour abroad of 2025, from April 14 to April 18, saw China ink dozens of agreements with each of the countries he visited. Many of these were memoranda of understanding on cooperation in fields such as infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI), agriculture, and trade….
Chinese Leader Xi’s Southeast Asia Tour Delivers Underwhelming Results: Analysts
