Kristy Tsun Tzu Hsu is director at the Taiwan ASEAN Studies Center at the Chung Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER).
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has impressed the world with its rapid economic growth following the COVID pandemic. The region, considered to be the largest beneficiary of the great power competition between the U.S. and China, has emerged as a supply chain hub and has attracted rising volumes of foreign direct investment.
