US Defence Chief Lloyd Austin in Southeast Asia: Did the US Strike the Right Notes?

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August 11, 2021

Published in ThinkChina
(Singapore) on 10 August 2021
by William Choong, Hoang Thi Ha, Le Hong Hiep, Ian Storey (link to original link to original)

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