BFM Podcast

South China Sea - A Balancing Act? Pt. 1

Tan KW
Publish date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016, 03:08 PM

Prashanth Parameswaran, Associate Editor, the Diplomat | Dr. Daniel Chua, Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies | Captain Martin Sebastian, Maritime Institute of Malaysia

11-Apr-16 14:26

 

China is both the largest and the most aggressive of the claimants in the South China Sea dispute. Seeing as China is also Malaysia's largest trading partner, Malaysia often finds itself caught between a rock and a hard place when trying to address incursions into Malaysian waters. How will Malaysia balance diplomatic links with China and national security? BFM explores.


This is a report by Sharyl Kaur and Lyn Mak.

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zaqwerty

Money talks. China can afford a bigger cheque, esp for Malaysia. No money, no talk.

2016-04-11 15:37

zaqwerty

that fortune fellow is still living in the prehistoric age. Even putin is investing in Panama off shore funds, so is Shi etc. When money talks, communism, capitalism and everything else can all drop dead.

2016-04-11 15:40

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