Jonathan Frances

Jonathan is the East and Southeast Asia team’s lead analyst for stories emanating from China and Southeast Asia.

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President for life: Xi’s campaign to reunify Taiwan
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Xi’s damage control with Chinese characteristics for a new era
Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad speaks at a local community in Langkawi, Malaysia, April 27, 2018. In an unlikely comeback, he's switched sides in Malaysian politics, coming out of retirement to unite an opposition that’s seeking to end his former party’s 60-year hold on power and oust his protege, Prime Minister Najib Razak, in May 9 elections. / 1MDB
Debt diplomacy: Mahathir follows the corrupt 1MDB trail
Kim and Trump walking to the summit room during the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit / Trump-Kim
Climate change: Trump and Kim melt a Cold War glacier
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Spratly no more: The new order in China’s ‘Ancestor Sea’
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“You’re fake news”: censorship in Southeast Asia
Pyeongchang will host the 2018 Winter Olympics after beating off Munich and Annecy as the IOC vote results are announced in Durban / Pyeongchang Olympics
Warming the ice: North Korea at the Winter Olympics
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Honest broker? Singapore in the driver’s seat
Commanding Officer, U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. Army Gen. Leon J. Laporte, left, greets Third Republic of Korea Army personnel while visiting the Combined Aviation Force Headquarters for an exercise brief during Reception, Staging, Onward movement, and Integration (RSO&I) and Foal Eagle. / OPCON
In the firing line: South Korea’s wartime OPCON transfer
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Testing Hun Sen: Cambodia’s opposition flees into exile