US meddling in South China Sea to destabilize promising progress

Anyone seriously concerned about the contested South China Sea should note this: China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have finished the first reading of the Code of Conduct Single Draft Negotiating Text ahead of schedule.

And talks on a second draft are due to begin in October.

Which means countries with conflicting claims in the South China Sea are finally edging toward agreeing an arrangement for shelving the disputes and preventing conflicts.