Neighbors try to make waves
As the US deploys more warships in Asia, Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam are intensifying maritime disputes with China
The foreign ministers' meetings of the ASEAN Regional Forum held from July 10 to 12 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, centered on the situation in Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific, with major powers and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations intensifying and complicating issues in East Asia.
The situation in Southeast Asia is very complex and sensitive, because the United States' strategic shift toward the Asia-Pacific is now in full swing, it has accelerated the adjustment and reinforcement of its military deployment in the Asia-Pacific region, and because maritime territorial disputes in the region are intensifying.
