The Nam Cam scandal is the mother of all corruption scandals.

China has to figure out where Vietnam is going, make sure that they offer the right incentives to prevent Vietnam from veering too far in the direction of the United States.

It’s getting closer, it’s normalizing, but nothing extraordinary, … I don’t think that ideology is the motivating force, but it’s the glue that binds them.

This trial provoked interest on the part of the press, which pushed the envelope of free inquiry to meet public interest. The matter was so sensitive the press was reined in by authorities who put...