Editor's Note: Before the start of the China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), consuls from several ASEAN countries spoke with China Daily reporters Xu Xiao, Huang Feifei and Huang Zhaohua about the event's influence in boosting bilateral trade.
The strategic partnership between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has an excellent opportunity to further develop over the next 20 years
China remains Southeast Asia's "best friend" and its influence with these neighboring countries is not losing ground to the United States, said a senior Southeast Asia diplomat.
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will increase information exchanges and media cooperation to a comprehensive and higher level, ministers and representatives from China and the ten ASEAN countries have announced.
China and ASEAN are beginning to harvest tangible economic benefits two decades after a dialogue mechanism between the two was initiated. Washington's intention to sow discord between China and Southeast Asian countries will be in vain.
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