Backlash builds against China as Belt and Road ties fray

Troubled infrastructure projects fuel resentment in Southeast Asia

20180831N philippines banner against china (REUTERS)

Traffic enforcers remove an anti-China banner from an overpass in Metro Manila on July 12.

HIROYUKI AKITA, Nikkei commentator

TOKYO -- With China suffering setbacks in its Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, Southeast Asian countries are starting to fight the pull of the emerging Chinese-led regional order.

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