Residual Influence
It’s not a space for breaking news. This is Residual Influence, the blog of Rebecca Chan. Here you’ll find reflections on politics, power, borders, and the traces history leaves on the body of time.
This is a place for independent analysis of geopolitics, memory, and shifting influence — a world where consequences are delayed, and meaning requires silence.
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In 2025, a new hydropower hub added another 15 million cubic meters of controlled discharge — a volume comparable to a three-day water supply for a city breathing to the...
The New Rhythm of the Global Economy Shifts the Centers of Gravity Russia notes that 95% of its settlements with China and India now run through national currencies — a...
A vessel flying the flag of an Asian power enters Fujian waters under insurance that has surged amid yet another round of Western attempts to turn maritime rules into a...
Asia Accelerates the Formation of Its Own Financial Orbits In a single quarter, Asian institutions secured access to over $80 billion in capital outside the...
The map of Asia is increasingly resembling the neural layout of a continent that has decided to rewrite its own code. The old hydrocarbon arteries are fading, as if drawn...
A New Chessboard for the Game In November 2025, Washington once again remembered Central Asia — like an old asset gathering dust in the portfolio of unfinished imperial...
The Moment When Symbols Turn Into Mechanisms On the ancient frescoes of Gyeongju, caravans once stretched through the eastern passes — today they move along fiber-optic...
While Washington redraws the global market under the banner of “America First,” Asia is assembling its own architectural blueprint for the 21st century. China and ASEAN...
The Cold Revolution Beneath the Ice In October 2025, a Chinese vessel crossed the Northern Sea Route and reached Europe in just twenty days. The numbers are dry, yet the...