China Daily also reports that a meeting by senior officials of China and ASEAN member states on the South China Sea issue is to be kicked off in Beijing on Friday.
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It should not be a situation between China and ASEAN, it should be bilateral matters.
Only exports most affected by the China-ASEAN pact are to be freed on signature in June, and agreements on intellectual-property rights and investment-protection are to be negotiated.
The same day it was announced that Zhu would make an ASEAN tour starting Nov. 22 and represent China at the ASEAN-East Asian informal summit in Manila.
Today, the Permanent Delegation continues to work even more closely with UNESCO, Permanent Delegations, Electoral Groups, Regional Groupings like the G 77 and China, the ASEAN UNESCO Committee, and as well other international organizations like the Commonwealth Secretariat in London and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand in addressing some of the current, global challenges that are confronting the organization.
East Asian nations -- China, Korea and ASEAN -- have emerged as major consumers.
Asean is China's third-largest trading partner, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.
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We took note of the ASEAN-China Joint Statement on the 10th Anniversary of the DOC in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 19 November 2012.
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We recognized the importance of the 2002 ASEAN-China Declaration on the Conduct (DOC) of Parties in the South China Sea and welcomed its implementation.
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So while, as Ben said, the EAS is not a forum in which countries will adjudicate or prosecute their particular claims, it is a forum in which they can discuss these principles and give encouragement to the ongoing diplomatic process between ASEAN and China that seeks to establish rules under a code of conduct that would govern behavior and prevent 24:13.
On January 1st China's FTA with ASEAN, the world's biggest by population, came into effect.
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In 2000 ASEAN along with China, Japan and South Korea launched a multilateral arrangement of currency swaps, the Chiang Mai Initiative.
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Asean countries and China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand have also launched negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact, which seeks to strengthen regional trade.
Why do you think -- and you all deal in ASEAN countries, as well as China -- why do you think that has happened, specifically with the ASEAN nations?
"China will seize this opportunity of making joint efforts with ASEAN countries to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea and bring benefits to people in the region, " said Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin.
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General Surayud Chulanont, the prime minister in Thailand's military-backed government, suggested the creation of a regional forum to solve Myanmar's crisis, comprising ASEAN, India, China and the UN, modelled on the six-party talks on North Korea.
Even now, certain ASEAN members are close to China, Japan or the U.S., though the grouping itself is careful to maintain its impartiality.
And the formation of such regional cooperation such that is East Asia Summit, where there are 10 countries from ASEAN and there is also China, Republic of Korea, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, and now Russia and the United States, therefore, I have faith that it will be more effective to ensure peace, stability and order in this region.
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Some ASEAN members, and India and China, are loth to forgo the financial benefits of trading with Myanmar.
He also indicated that the inclination for slower tariff cuts by some Asean members might be reinforced by China's entry into the World Trade Organization, which could increase competition in some sectors.
But in 2013, continued weakness in southern Europe will weigh on China even as trade increases with countries in the ASEAN bloc and with Brazil.
Analysts believe that by upgrading relations with India, Asean Delhi will provide a strategic balance to North Asia's influence, now that there is a regular summit with China, Japan and South Korea, known as Asean plus three.
The ten members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have held meetings with Japan, China and South Korea for seven years in a row.
Every year, we have the ASEAN Summit plus the three East Asian giants -- China, Japan and Korea.
China also faced an unsettling experience in July, at the annual ASEAN Regional Forum organised by the Association of South-East Asian Nations.
Others see membership of ASEAN as a way to keep Myanmar from moving entirely into China's orbit or, worse, becoming a cockpit of Sino-Indian competition.
But ASEAN has helped South-East Asia, sandwiched between India and China, punch above its weight.
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