China and ASEAN are rapidly becoming a community with a shared future of interdependence. Now at a historical starting point, they are forging new patterns to ensure that their comprehensive strategic partnership makes long-term progress.
A series of major Chinese newspapers and media agencies such as People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China Central Radio and Television on October 30 published news and many in-depth analysis articles on the ongoing visit by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Vietnam-China relations.
As a former U.S. colonial subject, the Philippines has retained close cultural and official ties to Washington. The new Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has shown that he intends to deviate from his predecessor’s distancing from the United States by rebuilding relations with the West while simultaneously drawing closer to Asian nations - including China.
While China has begun integrating the GSI into its approach to Southeast Asia, it remains unclear how Beijing’s promises will translate into actions.
From August 4 to 5, 2022 local time, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting, ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Foreign Ministers' Meeting, East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting, and ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.