KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia can play a role in easing regional tensions in the wake of China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea, said Professor Dr David Arase (pic) from the John Hopkins University-Nanjing University-Centre for Chinese and American Studies.
To minimise this risk, Asean, whose chairmanship falls to Malaysia next year, should negotiate for a maritime code of conduct (COC) agreement with China, he suggested.
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