Beijing is looking to boost relations with its Southeast Asian neighbours with Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s second tour of the region this year, starting with a three-day visit to Vietnam on Friday.

It is the latest in a counterbalancing effort with the US and follows hard on the heels of US Vice-President Kamala Harris’ visit to Asia.

Wang is the latest senior Chinese official to visit Vietnam since April and is expected to meet his counterpart Bui Thanh Son in Hanoi before co-chairing a meeting of the China-Vietnam steering committee for bilateral cooperation – an inter-government mechanism – with Vietnamese deputy premier Pham Binh Minh, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.

Wang will then head to Cambodia for the inauguration of the US$160 million China-sponsored Morodok Techo National Stadium, followed by a visit to Singapore. After that, he will fly to Seoul on Tuesday for talks with his South Korean counterpart Chung Eui-yong and President Moon Jae-in.

The latest Asian tour by China’s top diplomat comes only three weeks after Harris called out Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea during her visit to Singapore and Vietnam, saying the Asian power continued “to undermine the rules-based order and threaten the sovereignty of nations”. Harris also reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to the region, which was largely ignored by the administration of former US president Donald Trump.

Xu Liping, a senior research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, noted that Wang’s trips to Vietnam and Singapore could signify that Beijing was seeking to counterbalance the US’ influence in the region after a series of high-level visits by American officials.

In July, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin became the first US cabinet minister from the present administration to visit Southeast Asia, where he also chose Singapore and Vietnam as his destinations.

In Beijing on Tuesday, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the foreign minister was expected to carry out “deep and strategic communications” during his tour of the four neighbours. “China is ready to work with these four countries to … jointly safeguard multilateralism and international justice and fairness.”

Cheng Xiaohe, an international relations expert with Renmin University in Beijing, said improving strategic trust, particularly with Vietnam, would be high on Wang’s agenda.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/a...pgtype=homepage

DAGE ada datang Malaysia visit XiaoDi Hisap?

This post has been edited by Mr.Robert: Sep 11 2021, 08:59 AM

Tiongkok > All

u all see or not taiko is priming SEA for the next economic boom

so we province of china? da ge come for summer visit?
opps skip maresia

This post has been edited by judas: Sep 11 2021, 09:45 PM

What type of boom?

China will grow stronger

mehresia bypassed again?

Malaysia? Use lower ranking ppl to visit la, no need foreign minister.

foriegn minister already low enough also not visiting. malu wei

$$$$$$$$$$$$

Still better than their Aussie relations. Reject phone call + not replying to official letter + suspend all trade talk indefinitely.