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ASEAN-China relations
Just How United Is ASEAN Against China Over the South China Sea?
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran discuss ASEAN unity and North Korea's recent Musudan missile testing.
Exclusive: China’s South China Sea Statement That Divided ASEAN
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A first look at the content of the “ten-point consensus” Beijing proposed at the recent ASEAN-China meeting.
What Really Happened at the ASEAN-China Special Kunming Meeting
By Prashanth Parameswaran
For all the claims of confusion, what happened and what it means is actually already pretty clear.
Revealed: The Truth Behind ASEAN's Retracted Kunming Statement
By Carl Thayer
New details on the June 14 meeting between ASEAN and China shed light on the imbroglio surrounding ASEAN's statement.
The ASEAN-China Special Meeting Mystery: Bureaucratic Snafu or Chinese Heavy-Handedness?
By Carl Thayer
Was ASEAN consensus undermined or is there a more mundane bureaucratic explanation for the confusion surrounding the statement?
China, Not ASEAN, the Real Failure on South China Sea at Kunming Meeting
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Though Beijing may have split the grouping again, its tactics failed to accomplish its larger objectives.
ASEAN Foreign Ministers Issue, Then Retract Communique Referencing South China Sea
By Ankit Panda
The statement didn't contain language drastically different from recent declarations, but was issued inside China.
Brunei to Get Its First China Bank
By Rui Hao Puah
BOCHK has been given the green light to open a branch in the sultanate.
China, Cambodia Ink New Economic Pact
By Rui Hao Puah
The two countries ink a new pact on science and technology.
China's Rising Influence in Laos
By Samuel Ku
Beijing is trying to facilitate its expansion into Laos and Southeast Asia more generally.
China, Cambodia Hold First Naval Exercise Amid South China Sea Fears
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Beijing and Phnom Penh give their bilateral defense relationship another boost.
Beware ASEAN’s Coming Economic Gloom
By Luke Hunt
There is growing evidence that the region’s economic prospects are dimming.