Asean ministers urge restraint after Pelosi Taiwan visit

A man watching a CCTV news broadcast about joint military operations near Taiwan by the Chinese People's Liberation Army at a shopping center in Beijing. Asean ministers had expressed concern over "growing tension in the Taiwan Strait." - Reuters

PHNOM PENH (AFP): South-East Asian nations urged restraint over Taiwan after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island prompted an enraged China to vow "punishment".

Pelosi's dramatic trip to Taipei, defying stark threats by China, overshadowed a meeting of Association of South-East Asian Nations foreign ministers in Phnom Penh, which had been expected to focus on the bloody crisis engulfing Myanmar.