China, ASEAN set good example for cooperation

As a champion of interdependence among countries and regions, and common interest and sustainable development, President Xi Jinping has proposed the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, in order to promote common progress of the international community. China is already in the process of establishing a community of shared future with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In fact, cooperation between China and ASEAN has become a model of regional cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.

For both sides, 2018 is a very special year, not only because it is the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN strategic partnership and the two sides have significantly deepened cooperation in the first ten months, but also because China and ASEAN are working on a visionary plan for cooperation up to 2030. The plan is expected to help build and consolidate a China-ASEAN community of shared future and promote common development.

But building and consolidating a China-ASEAN community of shared future face some obstacles. First, various false theories regarding China, for instance, the "China threat" fallacy which views China's peaceful rise as a threat, pose a big challenge in some scenarios.