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Can Thai Land Bridge, Cambodian Canal Replace Malacca Strait for China?

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Despite Beijing’s soaring influence, Chinese strategists still face a problem first coined by Hu Jintao two decades ago called the “Malacca Dilemma”. This refers to the possibility that China’s oil imports and other vital commodities traveling through the Strait of Malacca could be blockaded. Decades later, could a land bridge across southern Thailand, together with Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal be part of a solution to Beijing’s longstanding troubles? Our guests: Lai I-chung - Prospect Foundation President Yen-Pin Su - National Chengchi University Political Science Professor