“Escaping China’s orbit” or thoát Trung in Vietnamese, is inspired by Japanese scholar Fukuzawa Yukichi’s 1885 book “Leaving Asia,” which called for Japan to leave Asia and align with the West. The phrase is so popular in Vietnamese discourse that both state media and unaffiliated writer
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Vì sao kinh tế Việt Nam quá khó để thoát Trung?
Can an Upgraded US Partnership Help Vietnam Escape China’s Orbit?
