Southeast Asian Affairs, January 1st, 2001
It was a good year for China's bilateral relations with Southeast Asia. Leaders of many Southeast Asian countries visited China and signed agreements on matters ranging from economic co-operation to border demarcation. Geostrategic and economic realities lay behind these developments. Southeast Asian nations, and especially those sharing borders with China, want to have friendly relations with the neighbourhood giant whose long-term intentions are a cause of some unease in many capitals. On China's part, there is the desire to build goodwill and avoid contentious issues as part of an united fr...
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