🇱🇦 Laos is banking on Chinese tourism

🇲🇲 Min Aung Hlaing ups the ante

Hello friends!

It feels a bit calm before the storm in Thailand this week. Not too many updates from there — although there’s a Nikkei Asia piece on the Deep South I’ve included that is fascinating — but it’s just a matter of time before the full election onslaught!

We don’t talk about Indonesia today, but I would like to flag an appearance I made on the …