Tell US and China to hit pause button, Asean urged


PETALING JAYA: South-East Asian countries should stand up to tell the United States and China that their increasing rivalry can damage the region’s growth, says an international relations scholar.

While Asean countries generally took a non-aligned stance when it came to relations with the two global powerhouses, Prof Kishore Mahbubani said it was time for the region’s countries to take it a step further.

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