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    Youthful daring challenges the status quo and dirty tricks

    Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 28/07/2013

    » Throughout Cambodia's election campaign the politically outgunned opposition has put in an astonishing performance. Fuelled by youthful exuberance, flash mobs of up to 3,000 form and trumpet the virtues of change as supporters ride in twos, threes and fours, through the capital on motorbikes.

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    2012 - When Asean felt Beijing's bite

    Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 30/12/2012

    » Twenty-twelve should be remembered as the year in which China acted on its long-standing claims in the South China Sea, took off the gloves and arraigned its intimidating military and diplomatic arsenal against its neighbours to the south. Gone were the usual glib lines that China only gives foreign aid and soft loans to countries in need, with no strings attached. Cambodia _ for years a benefactor of Beijing's largesse _ was bullied onto China's political front lines, acting as a spoiler against fellow Asean countries attempting to forge a united front against Beijing's territorial and maritime ambitions.

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    Muslim acceptance in Laos stark contrast to Myanmar intolerance

    Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 02/09/2012

    » Just over a decade ago the tiny Islamic population of Laos, like Muslims everywhere, watched on in horror as al-Qaeda carried out its suicide attacks on New York and Washington. They were then flabbergasted as a tide of Western opinion turned on them.

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    Anwar verdict to test political waters

    Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 08/01/2012

    » After two years of graphic and often offending evidence Malaysians will find out tomorrow whether opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, will spend up to 20 years behind bars when a verdict is handed down in his sodomy trial.

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