BRISBANE, Australia: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed Monday to Indonesia in hopes of encouraging unity among Southeast Asian nations to manage increasingly tense disputes with China.
Clinton's last trip to the region in July was marred by the failure of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to reach a consensus at talks in Cambodia, amid divisions in the 10-member group on how to treat a rising China.
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