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October 4, 2010

Considering China's policy towards Southeast Asia

SEAF Op-ed: Asia Times on October 5, 2010

For some time now, U.S. policymakers have said they hoped that China would become a "responsible stakeholder" in regional and global peace and prosperity. In an Asia Times op-ed, Donald Emmerson discusses China's claim to sovereignty over most of the South China Sea in the light of two recent meetings: a gathering of foreign ministers in the ASEAN Regional Forum in Hanoi in July 2010 and a U.S.-ASEAN Summit in New York in September 2010.