Dien Luong is a visiting fellow with the media, technology and society program of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and a doctoral student in communications and media at the University of Michigan.
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Trump's USAID cull hands China the upper hand in Southeast Asia
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People hold placards outside the USAID building in Washington on Feb. 3 after Elon Musk said work was underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency. © Reuters
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