CHINA-ASEAN: SOUTH CHINA SEA

 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in  Vientiane on April 24, 2016, that China had reached “an important consensus” with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos. A Chinese Foreign Ministry statement issued the same day stated that China has agreed with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos that the South China Sea territorial ­dispute “should not affect China-Asean relations”.


Meanwhile, a military source and mainland maritime experts said China would start land reclamation at the Scarborough Shoal later this year. 

Zhang Jie, a Southeast Asian affairs expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said “With Europe and the G7 taking the side of the US, it is crucial to China how Asean takes the arbitration. China could claim victory if Asean did not mention China by name, or did it in an inexplicit way in expressing its stance on the issue.” Zhang Jie added that China was facing mounting pressure to solicit diplomatic support ahead of a ruling on territorial disputes at the UN arbitration court. Latest CVS Ad is live. 
 






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