East Asia Forum

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East Asia Forum provides a platform for the best in East Asian analysis, research and policy comment on the Asia Pacific region and world affairs.
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Thailand’s cannabis decriminalisation and subsequent unregulated industry

In June 2022, the Thai government took the bold step of decriminalising the production, sale and personal use of cannabis, and other Asian countries should take notice.
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Economic slowdown may prompt reluctant reform in China

Xi took China’s achievement of long-term economic growth to mean that market reform was no longer necessary and began to prioritise political control over economic efficiency
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Asia’s coming demographic divergence

The trend of Asian populations growing and moving to cities has reached a turning point with China now joining countries with shrinking populations in the region
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China massive first-mover advantage in Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have the potential to disrupt dollar dominance and transform the mechanics of the global financial system by providing faster and cheaper ways to settle international trade and financial transactions
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Chinese mafia footprint in Thailand raises questions

Thai police also announced they had conducted raids in Bangkok and arrested a Chinese national who was using fake Thai identity cards and in possession of cash, luxury cars and property titles.
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Developing Asia adapts to the dollar’s strength

A strong US dollar will likely continue for the near future and Asian economies need to prepare for a rough 2023
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Why is Thailand’s economy stuck in the middle-income trap?

Thailand looks trapped as a middle-income country, unable to get rich, and stuck between a younger, dynamic Vietnam and larger Indonesia
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Thai property gains foreign popularity

Thailand’s real estate market has recently been characterised by an oversupply of flats. There were over 90 thousand unsold units of condominiums in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) in Thailand as of 2020.