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China and ASEAN: Achievements and Potential for Cooperation
China in northeast Asia and ASEAN in southeast Asia are emerging centres of growing influence in East Asia, for decades the world’s most economically dynamic region. Relations between China and the nations of southeast Asia have generally been positive and developed over millennia, including in the Ming period, when China was a superpower. While the situation today has seen important changes, some positive aspects of the past remain, but not without certain challenges. ASEAN, as a vital contemporary institution of southeast Asia, has seen impressive growth in regional trade and investments with China, which are anticipated to grow further as China’s economy continues to develop.