Have Friendly Malaysia-China Relations Gone Awry?
Ngeow Chow Bing
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Summary: For now, Malaysia remains committed to maintaining public displays of friendly relations with China while handling any differences quietly. But the difficulties and pressures of keeping the friendship real, alive, and substantive are greater than ever.
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Malaysia’s relationship with China can be difficult to gauge. Official narratives from both sides often stress the long history of bilateral friendship and cooperation. While these narratives are somewhat exaggerated, they are not entirely fabricated. Robust bilateral trade, investment, and people-to-people ties have supported cordial bilateral relations in recent decades, as public polling data has shown.
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Monday, 2021-06-07 09:46:56
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Foreign Ministers Bui Thanh Son of Vietnam (R) and Saleumxay Kommasith of Laos meet in China’s Chongqing city on June 6 (Photo: VNA)
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NDO/VNA – Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Lao counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith on June 6 highlighted their countries’ mutual support in the COVID-19 combat and identified ways to augment bilateral relations.
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