ASEAN Unity in the Face of China’s Unilateral “Consensus”

• Main Authors: Singh, Bhubhindar, Ho, Shawn, Tsjeng, Henrick Zhizhao
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific; Non-Traditional Security; Regionalism and Multilateralism; Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81348; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40780
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Following the recent conclusion of the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, some media reports suggest that China had pressured ASEAN countries to agree to a 10-point “consensus” summing up the talks. This brings to mind China’s claimed four-point “consensus” with Brunei, Cambodia and Lao...