Resources for China-ASEAN Relations
2012; World Scientific; Volume: 10; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
0219-8614
Autores Tópico(s)Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
ResumoAs a research institute based in Singapore, the EAI monitors developments in relations and interactions between China and the individual countries of Southeast Asia as well as the ASEAN grouping as a whole. This material is presented in the form of (1) a chronology of events, and (2) important documents. --the Editors CHINA-ASEAN RELATIONS, JANUARY 2013 TO APRIL 2013: CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS JANUARY 2013 16th-18th The China-ASEAN Economic and Trade Forum is held in Boao, Hainan Province. Diplomats and officials from ASEAN countries attend the Forum and brief the Chinese entrepreneurs on their own countries' investment environment, policies and incentives. 20th China and Myanmar hold the first strategic security consultation in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. China's Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff Headquarters, Qi Jianguo, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's Defence Services and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, General Soe Win, exchange views on the regional security status and bilateral relations between the two countries as well as between the armed forces. 28th Chinese Defence Minister, Liang Guanglie, meets with with Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan, major general of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. Liang expresses support for Brunei's holding a rotating presidency of the ASEAN in 2013 and he adds that China hopes to make joint efforts with ASEAN countries to increase mutual trust and make contributions to regional peace, stability and prosperity. 29th Top Chinese legislator, Wu Bangguo, meets parliament leaders from Malaysia and Laos respectively at the 21st annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parlimentary Forum (APPF) held in Vladivostok, Russia to discuss bilateral ties and ways for further cooperation. Wu says the relations between China and ASEAN play an important role in maintaining stability and promoting development in Asia, and that China will continue to support the integration process of ASEAN and back its unity and development. 29th-31st Brunei's second minister of foreign affairs and trade, Lim Jock Seng, visits Beijing and meets with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Lim says Brunei will positively advance the development of the strategic cooperative partnership between China and ASEAN during its rotating presidency. 31st China reiterates its opposition to the Philippines' request to take South China Sea disputes to a UN tribunal. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hong Lei, makes the remarks after Chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Ed Royce, met with Philippine officials two days earlier. Hong says all countries signing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) should adhere to their commitments and that disputes should be solved through negotiations between the sovereign states directly involved. FEBRUARY 2013 4th Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Jia Qinglin, visits Malaysia and launches the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park, a development area of seven square kilometres, as a sister park to the China-Malaysia Qingzhou Industrial Park in China's Shandong Province. China and Malaysia also signed a series of cooperative agreements during Jia's visit. 22nd The president of China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE), Wang Yu, says at a meeting with commercial counsellors from ASEAN countries that the company will invest more in ASEAN member countries and is eager to engage in more hydropower projects and contribute to hydropower development in ASEAN countries. According to Wang, CWE has been working on more than 30 contracting projects in ASEAN countries by the end of 2012. 23rd The railway that links southwest China's Yunnan Province with the ASEAN countries becomes operational after seven years of construction. …
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