On this week's episode, we chat with James Crabtree about TikTok's precarious position between China and the US and how the possible splintering of the global internet would affect Southeast Asia.
Crabtree, an Associate Professor of Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, is a columnist for Foreign Policy and Nikkei Asian Review, the former Mumbai Bureau Chief for the Financial Times, and the author of "The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age."
Other top stories include:
Indomie-flavored ice cream puzzles and revolts upon launch
Viral Quezon City ostrich that died of stress cooked into adobo
Revellers pop champagne to toast Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's arrest, fined for defying social distancing laws
Egg? Chicken? Truck? Meet 2020's Miss Universe Myanmar costumes
Fitness YouTuber Chloe Ting says Singaporean bodybuilder was 'defaming' her
Trumps pronounces Thailand 'Thighland,' world just can't even
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