China's slowdown will not stop growth in Southeast Asia

Region's economies can offset impact by attracting relocating supply chains

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Porters carry imports into Mong Cai, Vietnam from China in 2018: Southeast Asia is depending more on Chinese imports but growth in exports has slowed. © Reuters

Priyanka Kishore is the founder and principal economist at research company Asia Decoded in Singapore.

For the greater part of the last four decades, Southeast Asian nations have benefited from close economic ties with China. Flourishing trade and investment relations with their large neighbor have supported growth and lifted standards of living.

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