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Deutsche Welle / Bonn, Germany

Trump showed China he is an 鈥榠llusory giant鈥�

鈥淚t is rather unlikely that Chinese President Xi Jinping has ever read German children鈥檚 books,鈥� writes Thomas Latschan. 鈥淏ut if he had, he would certainly know Mr. Tur Tur.... Mr. Tur Tur is an illusory giant: the farther away he is, the larger and more threatening he appears.... Seen from the perspective of ... Xi ... Donald Trump has a lot in common with Mr. Tur Tur. [Mr. Trump鈥檚] recent trip to Asia made that clear.... At a safe distance ... Trump ruthlessly attacked Chinese trade policy.... Once [in China], Donald Trump was suddenly timid, praising the Chinese president effusively and displaying his awe for Xi鈥檚 power....鈥�

The Independent / London

Too flexible on human rights, Trump goes easy on Asia leaders

鈥淒onald Trump was clearly in some difficulty as he sought ... to pull off the so-called 鈥楢sean-way handshake鈥�...,鈥� states an editorial. 鈥淸T]he move calls for world leaders to both cross and join arms in a sign of unity. A photographer captured the US President grimacing before he finally managed [to do it].... Yet, as Mr Trump [wrapped] up his 11-day tour to Asia ... many have been struck by his ready flexibility to deal with leaders who carry with them questionable human rights records.... [D]id Mr Trump need to say he had a 鈥榞reat relationship鈥� with a man who has allegedly orchestrated a war against drug users that has led to thousands of extra-judicial killings?鈥�

The Bangkok Post / Bangkok, Thailand

Why the next major Middle East war will likely be in Lebanon

鈥� 鈥榃hen all the Arabs and the Israelis agree on one thing, people should pay attention. We should stop this Iranian takeover,鈥� said Israel鈥檚 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month. So we鈥檙e paying attention now, and we even know where the next war will start: Lebanon,鈥� writes Gwynne Dyer. 鈥淭hat seems unfair, as Lebanon鈥檚 last civil war lasted 15 years [and] killed around 200,000 people.... Couldn鈥檛 they hold this one somewhere else? Unfortunately, no. All the other venues are taken.... The big Shia militia that controls southern Lebanon, Hezbollah, is closely allied to Shia Iran ... so it鈥檚 a suitable place to start rolling back Iran鈥檚 regional influence.鈥�

The Daily Star / Dhaka, Bangladesh

Is a fresh Rohingya exodus imminent?

鈥淭he fact that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) failed to pass a resolution and handed out merely a statement condemning atrocities committed against the Rohingya people has apparently emboldened the Myanmar security forces,鈥� states an editorial. 鈥淚f what the International Red Cross (IRC) fears comes true, Bangladesh may be facing a fresh exodus of Rohingyas, numbering as many as 200,000 people.... If another 200,000 are pushed out it would virtually fulfil Myanmar鈥檚 long-term goal to depopulate the Rakhine State of the Rohingya.... The time for proactive action has arrived and the manner in which the Rohingyas have been treated should be [the] subject of inquiry by the international war crimes tribunal at The Hague.鈥�

Al Jazeera / Doha, Qatar

US noninvolvement during invasion of Kurdish Iraq was a gift to Iran

鈥淜urdish aspirations for independence in Iraq faced the obstinate resistance of both regional and international actors which favoured the territorial integrity of Iraq,鈥� writes Arzu Yilmaz. 鈥淭he rationale for their stance was that the independence of Kurdistan would undermine the stability of Iraq.... [But] Iraq鈥檚 one and only stable region has now been dragged into the persistent and endemic instability of the rest of the country.... Persistence of the international and regional powers鈥� 鈥榦ne-Iraq鈥� policy has evidently resulted in the emergence of a 鈥榯wo-Iran鈥� reality in the Middle East.... In light of the US-backed developments in Saudi Arabia that directly target Iran and its allies in the region, it is all the more curious that Washington chose to abandon the Kurds and leave the Iraqi political space wide open to Tehran.鈥�