Asean nations should urge US and China to curb their rivalry, says prof

PETALING JAYA: South-East Asian countries must tell both the United States and China that their increasing rivalry could impair the region’s growth, says a professor of international relations.

Prof Kishore Mahbubani, a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, said the region will be affected by the turbulence, adding that countries here had to focus on economic growth.