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                                <title><![CDATA[ Undeterred by 4 decades of US sanctions, Iran rolls out red carpet for Southeast Asian tourists ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Philippines President Marcos sets ceiling on rice prices ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 02:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Myanmar crisis, South China Sea tensions loom over Asean meet ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 02:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia, says CEO ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 03:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Southeast Asia, a region with a collective population of 630 million – half of them under 30 – is one of TikTok's biggest markets in terms of user numbers. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ With few entry tests, Southeast Asia may gain most from China's travel revival ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Except for airplane wastewater testing by Malaysia and Thailand for the virus, the region's 11 nations will treat Chinese travellers like any others. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Asean warns on risk of Taiwan 'miscalculation', ready to help dialogue ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 04:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Southeast Asian countries tend to tread a careful line in trying to balance their relations with China and the US, wary of getting in between the super powers. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Blinken seeks to shore up Southeast Asia ties in Thailand ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2022 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This comes days after a stop by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who has embarked on a more extensive tour of Southeast Asia in which he has highlighted Beijing's lavish infrastructure spending. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ New Aussie govt looks to Southeast Asia as it deals with ‘difficult’ China relationship ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 09:48:11 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Anthony Albanese and his new foreign minister, Malaysian-born Penny Wong, will face an early test of diplomacy as they fly to Tokyo for a meeting of leaders of the Quad grouping of the US, India and Japan on Tuesday. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ With China in focus, Biden makes US$150 million commitment to Asean leaders ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2022 00:07:39 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Still, the commitments pale in comparison to China's deep ties and influence. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Southeast Asian leaders face rights questions, flying shoe on Washington debut ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2022 00:01:23 GMT</pubDate>
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