Chong Ja Ian
@chongjaian.bsky.social
Political scientist from 🇸🇬. Works on security & foreign policy in NE & SE, major power competition. AcademiaSG co-editor. Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie China. Currently teaches at the National University of Singapore. Comments mine alone.
Interestingly, even as cooperation w🇨🇳has been a part of🇮🇩's recent economic growth, it also contributes to some of the frustrations in SEAsia's largest country. Tune in to find out more!
September 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Interestingly, even as cooperation w🇨🇳has been a part of🇮🇩's recent economic growth, it also contributes to some of the frustrations in SEAsia's largest country. Tune in to find out more!
非常榮幸要請到金成恩老師和孫仁柱老師到「中國與世界」podcast，跟我聊🇰🇷如何經營複雜的🇰🇷🇨🇳關係！
Terima kasih kepada Sung Eun Kim dan Sohn Injoo bercakap bagaimana🇰🇷mengelola hubungannya rumit dengan🇨🇳pada podcast “Cina dalam Dunia!”
#korea #China #southkorea #ROK #PRC #南韓 #中國 #韓國 #朝鮮 #朝鮮半島 #中国 #koreaselatan #Cina #tiongkok #한국 #중국
Terima kasih kepada Sung Eun Kim dan Sohn Injoo bercakap bagaimana🇰🇷mengelola hubungannya rumit dengan🇨🇳pada podcast “Cina dalam Dunia!”
#korea #China #southkorea #ROK #PRC #南韓 #中國 #韓國 #朝鮮 #朝鮮半島 #中国 #koreaselatan #Cina #tiongkok #한국 #중국
August 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A snapshot of flights to & from Singapore from: www.airnavradar.com/blog/explori...
June 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A snapshot of flights to & from Singapore from: www.airnavradar.com/blog/explori...
The submarine cables linking Singapore to the world from: www.submarinecablemap.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The submarine cables linking Singapore to the world from: www.submarinecablemap.com
Here is snapshot of Singapore's extended sea lanes of communication from: www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...
June 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Here is snapshot of Singapore's extended sea lanes of communication from: www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...
Destinations for outbound FDI
June 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Destinations for outbound FDI
Sources of inbound FDI
June 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Sources of inbound FDI
Always happy to see a new publication. Thanks to He Kai & Liu Feng for putting the volume together. #ASEAN #China #IndoPacific
June 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Always happy to see a new publication. Thanks to He Kai & Liu Feng for putting the volume together. #ASEAN #China #IndoPacific
March 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New piece out today with Asian Perspective. Thanks to Brian Fong for putting together the special issue & Hung Ho-Fung for overseeing the process. Honored to be appearing w/ colleagues 吳介民 , Deborah Brautigam, Thomas Fingar, David Lampton, 查道炯 (& more!) in the same issue.
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54346
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54346
March 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
New piece out today with Asian Perspective. Thanks to Brian Fong for putting together the special issue & Hung Ho-Fung for overseeing the process. Honored to be appearing w/ colleagues 吳介民 , Deborah Brautigam, Thomas Fingar, David Lampton, 查道炯 (& more!) in the same issue.
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54346
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54346
This Hilton Yip? muckrack.com/hilton-yip
February 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This Hilton Yip? muckrack.com/hilton-yip
Compare w/🇨🇳’s “one China principle” as stated by their Ministry of National Defence. eng.mod.gov.cn/xb/News_2131...
November 19, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Compare w/🇨🇳’s “one China principle” as stated by their Ministry of National Defence. eng.mod.gov.cn/xb/News_2131...
This is🇸🇬’s statement on its “one China” policy. See if you can spot the subtle difference from🇨🇳’s “one China principle.” www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonli...
November 18, 2024 at 4:33 PM
This is🇸🇬’s statement on its “one China” policy. See if you can spot the subtle difference from🇨🇳’s “one China principle.” www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonli...
🇸🇬 PM Lawrence Wong meets🇨🇳state chairman Xi Jinping @ APEC. Issues statement about🇸🇬‘s “one China” policy. Xinhua erroneously states this as reiterating🇨🇳’s “one China principle.” www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Pre...
english.news.cn/20241116/742...
english.news.cn/20241116/742...
November 18, 2024 at 4:33 PM
🇸🇬 PM Lawrence Wong meets🇨🇳state chairman Xi Jinping @ APEC. Issues statement about🇸🇬‘s “one China” policy. Xinhua erroneously states this as reiterating🇨🇳’s “one China principle.” www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Pre...
english.news.cn/20241116/742...
english.news.cn/20241116/742...
Let's not forget that SEAsia & NEAsia are linked via shipping, air transport, submarine cables & likely conflict scenarios.
November 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Let's not forget that SEAsia & NEAsia are linked via shipping, air transport, submarine cables & likely conflict scenarios.
In 2021,% of NEA trade w/🇨🇳comparable to SEA, but value of NEA trade w/🇨🇳>SEA trade w/🇨🇳by a large margin.🇯🇵ran a small deficit w/🇨🇳,🇰🇷&🇹🇼had surpluses.🇧🇳&🇱🇦had surpluses w/🇨🇳,🇲🇲a v small one. Other SEA states had deficits.
November 9, 2024 at 3:37 PM
In 2021,% of NEA trade w/🇨🇳comparable to SEA, but value of NEA trade w/🇨🇳>SEA trade w/🇨🇳by a large margin.🇯🇵ran a small deficit w/🇨🇳,🇰🇷&🇹🇼had surpluses.🇧🇳&🇱🇦had surpluses w/🇨🇳,🇲🇲a v small one. Other SEA states had deficits.
Defense spending across SEAsia & NEAsia may provide a rough gauge of investment in security. Here are some figures looking at defense spending as a % of GDP, per capital & a % of govt spending.
November 9, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Defense spending across SEAsia & NEAsia may provide a rough gauge of investment in security. Here are some figures looking at defense spending as a % of GDP, per capital & a % of govt spending.
Note also that FDI from🇺🇸🇪🇺🇯🇵individually>FDI from🇨🇳. Latter just above🇰🇷.🇺🇸🇪🇺🇯🇵🇰🇷FDI go to prosaic factories&offices that create jobs, but not so much sexy&tangible infrastructure like high speed rail, ports&airports.
November 9, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Note also that FDI from🇺🇸🇪🇺🇯🇵individually>FDI from🇨🇳. Latter just above🇰🇷.🇺🇸🇪🇺🇯🇵🇰🇷FDI go to prosaic factories&offices that create jobs, but not so much sexy&tangible infrastructure like high speed rail, ports&airports.
Here are some interesting figures from the compendium.🇨🇳is ASEAN’s largest trading partner in goods by value, but ASEAN runs a chronic deficit w/🇨🇳&a chronic surplus w/🇺🇸🇪🇺&w/in ASEAN. Situation is okay so long as🇺🇸🇪🇺&ASEAN markets keep buying ASEAN exports. All from official ASEAN stats.
November 9, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Here are some interesting figures from the compendium.🇨🇳is ASEAN’s largest trading partner in goods by value, but ASEAN runs a chronic deficit w/🇨🇳&a chronic surplus w/🇺🇸🇪🇺&w/in ASEAN. Situation is okay so long as🇺🇸🇪🇺&ASEAN markets keep buying ASEAN exports. All from official ASEAN stats.
Thanks to CSIS ChinaPower for inviting me to contribute to this collection of essays on🇨🇳’s anti-session law. Here’s the long & short of my take on SEAsia + a table on the different “one China” policies of various SEA states. Click here to download the full report. www.csis.org/analysis/emp...
October 16, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Thanks to CSIS ChinaPower for inviting me to contribute to this collection of essays on🇨🇳’s anti-session law. Here’s the long & short of my take on SEAsia + a table on the different “one China” policies of various SEA states. Click here to download the full report. www.csis.org/analysis/emp...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #370,467!
September 27, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #370,467!