It’s a brave new world in Asia that looks a lot like the crappy old one.  Australia goes all in on China containment and levels up to national security state;  the war over Vietnam’s Internet escalates; and India-China confrontation misses its offramp.

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Show Notes

What does North Korea think of China’s ‘dual freeze’ proposal?

https://twitter.com/PacificCommand/status/890784107541667840

Frenemies with benefits: Turnbull’s path from ‘panda hugger’ to ‘China hawk’

Gough Whitlam’s Pine Gap problem

The British-American coup that ended Australian independence

Rundle: Proving the CIA-backed conspiracy that brought down Whitlam

Australia refuses to connect to undersea cable built by Chinese company

Terror in Little Saigon

Vietnam says Google will cooperate in removal of ‘toxic’ content

UAE arranged hacking of Qatari media: Washington Post

Chant this mantra 5 times before prayers to block Chinese goods: RSS

Kailash Manosarovar Yatra