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In our Asian Insider newsletter this week, we examine Britain’s deployment of its largest aircraft carrier to the Indo-Pacific, a move intended to project the former colonial power’s influence in the region. Over in India our correspondents document the desperation on the ground as the pandemic claims thousands of lives daily, while valiant volunteers provide hope.
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Return of the British to Asia?
Last weekend the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the most powerful vessel ever built for the British navy left its home port of Portsmouth on its maiden deployment to the Indo-Pacific region, counting India, Singapore, Japan and South Korea amongst its destinations. This voyage is not part of the standard freedom of navigation-operations, says global affairs correspondent Jonathan Eyal. Instead it flies the flag for Global Britain, projecting the countr
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