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SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVE
BEIJING PLAYS BOTH SIDES: XI HOSTS TAIWAN'S OPPOSITION WHILE WANG YI STRENGTHENS THE CHINA-NORTH KOREA AXIS
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DOMINANT ANGLE
Singapore connects Taiwan, Pyongyang and the South China Sea as three heads of the same expansionist dragon
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
ANALYSIS
Singapore is the only ASEAN country to cover both prongs of China's offensive with remarkable density — three articles between Channel News Asia and the Philippines angle. Channel News Asia publishes on the Xi-Cheng Li-wun meeting with a headline reprising Xi's words ('will unite') and on Wang Yi's Pyongyang visit where the Chinese diplomat 'slams US pressure.' The third article, on the Philippines' new coast guard command in the South China Sea, completes the picture: Singapore sees these three events as pieces of the same puzzle — Chinese expansionism on all fronts.
KEY POINTS
- Three articles covering three dimensions of Chinese activism in Asia
- CNA reprises Xi's 'will unite' — an alarm signal for Singapore
- The Philippine coast guard command in the South China Sea is integrated into the same narrative
COGNITIVE BIASES IDENTIFIED
Reading through the South China Sea freedom of navigation prism
Tendency to link distinct events into a single expansionism narrative
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