Susannah Patton is director of the Lowy Institute's Southeast Asia program.
In the current tumult of global politics, the challenge for any analyst is to separate important signals from the froth and bubble. Here's one signal we should take seriously: China's leader, Xi Jinping will make bilateral visits to Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam later this month.
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