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Published: Feb. 9, 2023, 4 p.m.

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Why the Taiwan issue today is different from the Vietnam War\'s political dynamics.

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Synopsis: Every second Friday of the month, join The Straits Times\' associate editor Ravi Velloor, as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent.

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In this episode of 2023, he chats with Nayan Chanda, the celebrated editor, journalist and Indo-China specialist on his eyewitness account of the end of the Vietnam War, the new Cold War in Asia, the Sino-Russian concord, and chances of an open conflict in the region.

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This podcast was conducted against the backdrop of the 50th anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreement that led to the end of the conflict in Vietnam.\\xa0

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Highlights (click/tap above):

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1:35 Fall of Saigon ends Vietnam War

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6:00 Why he stayed, when other fled

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10:45 Vietnam 1975, Afghanistan 2021

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15:50 The new Cold War in Asia?

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21:00 Sino-Russian \\u2018shotgun wedding\\u2019

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25:20 Possibility of war in our current times\\xa0

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Produced by: Ravi Velloor (velloor@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Teo Tong Kai and Fa\\u2019izah Sani

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Edited by: Teo Tong Kai and Fa\\u2019izah Sani

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