Map of South China Sea with international disputes, Jan 2010. Wikimedia Commons

 

By Huong Le Thu

VN Express-Sept 4

China’s intentions and ASEAN’s ability to reconcile internal divisions will decide whether a new agreement can grow some teeth. The announcement last month that ASEAN and China had agreed on a single draft code of conduct negotiating text over the South China Sea after years of talks has been hailed as a milestone. But while getting to that point is evidence of mutual goodwill, it reveals more about the region’s perennial dilemma -how to keep trying when the challenges to cooperation continue to mount.

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First published in: VN Express