China has handed the US a blueprint for their co-existence in Asia Pacific, as the world’s two largest economies continue to clash in the region on security issues.
Chinese Foreign Minster Wang Yi said he’d made the proposal to his US counterpart Antony Blinken during their five-hour meeting in Bali over the weekend. Wang expanded on its details while addressing the secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta on Monday.
Wang identified China’s suggested “rules” as being: Support Asean centrality and uphold existing regional cooperation frameworks; respect each others’ legitimate rights and interests in the Asia Pacific; and promote stability while providing “more public goods” to the region. In that environment, President Joe Biden hosted the first Asean leaders summit in Washington in its 55-year history in May and shortly after unveiled his Indo-Pacific Economic Framework as the US seeks to limit China’s regional clout.
As well as the proposal for the US, over the weekend Wang issued four demands to Australia to get relations back on track. That was quickly rejected by Australia, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying the nation “doesn’t respond to demands.”
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