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src="https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fcms-image-bucket-production-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%2Fimages%2F2%2F4%2F4%2F8%2F48898442-1-eng-GB%2Fphoto_SXM2025012100012996.jpg?width=608&fit=cover&gravity=faces&dpr=2&quality=medium&source=nar-cms&format=auto&height=342" alt="Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, right, welcomes&nbsp;Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 21. 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class="LandingPage_landingPageMainItem__nPPYe "><div class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCard__nTzqC"><a class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardImage__H3eJ7" href="/Politics/International-relations/ASEAN-finance-chiefs-to-seek-progress-on-cross-border-payments" data-trackable="thumbnail"><img class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardImage__H3eJ7" href="/Politics/International-relations/ASEAN-finance-chiefs-to-seek-progress-on-cross-border-payments" src="https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fcms-image-bucket-production-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%2Fimages%2F0%2F0%2F3%2F6%2F47506300-9-eng-GB%2FCropped-1712254490N%2520Laotian%2520Kip.jpg?width=300&fit=cover&gravity=faces&dpr=2&quality=medium&source=nar-cms&format=auto&height=168" alt="The Laotian kip has depreciated by more than 10% from a year earlier.&nbsp;(Photo by Ken Kobayashi)" width="300" height="168" loading="eager"/></a><div 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class="LandingPage_landingPageMainItem__nPPYe "><div class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCard__nTzqC"><a class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardImage__H3eJ7" href="/Politics/International-relations/China-hosts-Vietnam-Laos-East-Timor-ministers-in-ASEAN-outreach" data-trackable="thumbnail"><img class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardImage__H3eJ7" href="/Politics/International-relations/China-hosts-Vietnam-Laos-East-Timor-ministers-in-ASEAN-outreach" src="https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fcms-image-bucket-production-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%2Fimages%2F2%2F8%2F8%2F0%2F47490882-1-eng-GB%2F1photo_SXM2024030200010666.jpg?width=300&fit=cover&gravity=faces&dpr=2&quality=medium&source=nar-cms&format=auto&height=168" alt="Beijing is receiving one Southeast Asian dignitary after another this week, as the government seeks to shore up ties in the region.&nbsp;(Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)" width="300" height="168" loading="eager"/></a><div class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardContent__yJg4U"><div><h5 class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardTag__y2LDu"><a class="Link_link__qPD1b" href="/Politics/International-relations" data-trackable="primary-tag">International relations</a></h5><h4 class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardHeadline__ukq5Q"><a href="/Politics/International-relations/China-hosts-Vietnam-Laos-East-Timor-ministers-in-ASEAN-outreach" data-trackable="headline">China hosts Vietnam, Laos, East Timor ministers in ASEAN outreach</a></h4><p class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardSubhead__izQvq" data-trackable="subhead">After Indonesia's Prabowo, Beijing woos diplomats from countries not aligned with U.S.</p></div><div data-trackable="timestamp" data-testid="timestamp" data-dark-mode="false" class="timestamp__time StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardDate__ztuOU "><span>2 April 2024</span></div></div></div></div><div><div 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Recently installed Cambodian PM Hun Manet said&nbsp;the $1.7 billion China-backed canal project would allow his country to "breathe through our own nose," diverting its goods for export directly to its own coast rather than via the Vietnam-controlled Mekong Delta. 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ahead of its opening in Ayodhya in India." width="300" height="168" loading="eager"/></a><div class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardContent__yJg4U"><div><h5 class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardTag__y2LDu"><a class="Link_link__qPD1b" href="/Spotlight/Your-Week-in-Asia" data-trackable="primary-tag">Your Week in Asia</a></h5><h4 class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardHeadline__ukq5Q"><a href="/Spotlight/Your-Week-in-Asia/India-opens-Ayodhya-Hindu-temple-BOJ-meeting-Hyundai-Motor-earnings" data-trackable="headline">India opens Ayodhya Hindu temple, BOJ meeting, Hyundai Motor earnings</a></h4><p class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardSubhead__izQvq" data-trackable="subhead">Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events</p></div><div data-trackable="timestamp" data-testid="timestamp" data-dark-mode="false" class="timestamp__time StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardDate__ztuOU "><span>21 January 2024</span></div></div></div></div><div><div 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Summit in Jakarta on&nbsp;Sept. 7, 2023, as his country was set to take&nbsp;over the bloc's chair from Indonesia." width="300" height="168" loading="eager"/></a><div class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardContent__yJg4U"><div><h5 class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardTag__y2LDu"><a class="Link_link__qPD1b" href="/Politics/International-relations" data-trackable="primary-tag">International relations</a></h5><h4 class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardHeadline__ukq5Q"><a href="/Politics/International-relations/Laos-ASEAN-chairmanship-faces-Chinese-reality-check" data-trackable="headline">Laos' ASEAN chairmanship faces Chinese reality check</a></h4><p class="StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardSubhead__izQvq" data-trackable="subhead">Debt-laden country leads 10-member bloc facing geopolitical challenges</p></div><div data-trackable="timestamp" data-testid="timestamp" data-dark-mode="false" class="timestamp__time StreamArticleCard_streamArticleCardDate__ztuOU "><span>16 January 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country's military took control in February 2021. 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