Only in the last few years, China has become more and more a headache for many countries. Disputes over the South China Sea, annexation of Taiwan, dispute over India's border, maritime disputes with Japan, create economic debt traps for poor countries. Countries such as the US, the European region, the US, Japan, and India are changing their foreign policy with Southeast Asian countries. From investment, economic cooperation to military such as providing patrol boats, warships, ...
The results after the wars force leaders to have a cool head so that things do not go too far. Along with that is the economic control in the region when a wave of boycotts of China pours in. Many factories, production facilities, and economies are important and relocated to Southeast Asia. At the same time, countries such as the US, the European region, Australia, Japan, and India are also constantly promoting diplomatic relations such as donating maritime patrol boats to provide military weapons to create a balance against the enemy. China's unrelenting influence. During the epidemic, the market went sideways, AXS a product with a combination of Vietnam and Indonesia is creating great attraction. Suggesting you more about the nature of this area with the sea, mountains, and different cultural features is enough to make you feel alive. From my perspective, this will be an area that develops very quickly after the epidemic, leading to the development of new unicorns.
It's a pandemic, not an epidemic. An epidemic is confined to a single region but an pandemic is global - quite a large distinction as we've seen it infected the whole world. There is little point in trying to gauge the future as there are so many variables in play, but things are likely to stay roughly the same for the next decade or two. The only upset might be the leadership in China or Russia trying to make a display of force - which tends to happen if the economy falters or protests pop up. Hopefully the world focuses all its attention on trying to survive the upcoming environmental crisis because that might do a lot more damage overall than even war. We're seeing record temperature rises, flooding and huge fires all around the world - it was predicted a long time ago and we did not take concerted action.