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Asia’s year of living dangerously

China, in particular, will be the focus of attention on matters from defence to economic growth to public health

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China will remain the top focus in 2023 for Asia, and perhaps a good part of the world, for all sorts of reasons from security to economic growth.

China will remain the top focus in 2023 for Asia, and perhaps a good part of the world, for all sorts of reasons from security to economic growth.

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China is set to remain the focus of the region’s attention even as Asians, looking back at the year past and into the year ahead, will hope that the adage holds true that the time before dawn is the darkest. 

Theirs may be a case of excessive optimism.

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