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THE recent remarks of a prominent Chinese scholar who says China needs Asean to play the role of “super-connector” between the country and the United States in East Asia, and the view of his Indonesian colleague that the next Indonesian government needs to redirect attention back to the region, are in line, I think, with president-elect Prabowo Subianto showing an interest in broadening the country’s traditional Asean-based foreign policy.
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