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Liew Chin Tong
Liew Chin Tong
Liew Chin Tong is Malaysia’s current Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry. He previously served as Deputy Minister of Defence from 2018 to 2020, and is the current deputy secretary-general of the Democratic Action Party.

Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong takes a close look at the Malaysian business titans’ impact on China’s development, from the 1900s to today.

The opposition has pledged to support the Ismail Sabri administration’s bills if it carries out several reforms, including amending the constitution to end party-hopping and capping the prime minister’s tenure at 10 years.

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Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s appointment as Malaysia’s third premier in three years, with a slim majority, means the PM is no longer able to lord over everyone in the political system.

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Covid-19 has exposed Malaysia’s political divisions, unwieldy bureaucracy and capacity – or lack thereof – to deal with a crisis, says Liew Chin Tong.

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PM Muhyiddin now has unfettered powers after calling a state of emergency to handle surging Covid-19 cases, the first time one has been declared since racial riots in 1969, but voters will not tolerate a return to authoritarian rule.

Beijing shouldn’t use the China-US binary to define the world but forge ties with Asian neighbours without behaving like a big power or causing anxiety among smaller nations, says Malaysia’s Deputy Defence Minister Liew Chin Tong.

The thinking of Malaysia’s new prime minister – ‘Mahathir 2.0’ – offers an insight into weaker states’ views of the evolving Asian order in the Trump-Xi era and suggest a firmer stance on the South China Sea

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