‘Development is the Key to Peace’: Chinese Leaders Discuss Future of Asia
By David Cohen
While tensions in the South China Sea have gone from bad to
worse, with riots in Vietnam targeting Chinese businesses and a range of
ASEAN states exploring ways to counter Chinese actions (see “Challenged
by China, ASEAN States Seek Common Response,” in this issue), Xi’s Wednesday
speech at the Shanghai Conference on Interaction and Conference
Building in Asia (CICA) seemed to take place in a different world.
Rather than focusing on conflict, he spoke about China’s role in
building a “peaceful, stable and cooperative new Asia” (People’s Daily
Online, May 21). Xi’s speech called for the construction of a new
regional security architecture based on the organization, which China
will chair for the next two
years.
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