Asia Sentinel

  • Southeast Asia Tour, designed to build regional confidence, sows mistrust

  • Scholars and dissidents deliver a manifesto

• Despite the Vietnamese public's lack of trust in the government, despite the government's rights violations, reform remains a distant hope. The path to change is littered with obstacles, and what comes after is equally challenging.

  • Round up the usual suspects...

  • A multi-party system would be the first step on a long and hard path

  • A sclerotic Communist Party resists change

  • As the New Year rolls in, tensions in the South China Sea remain as high as ever

  • A disheartening step backwards from joining the fraternity of modern nations

  • If the population got restive, the suitors for primacy would be the US and China

  • Former BBC Correspondent barred from conference