Southeast Asia, with its close political, economic and cultural ties, is the most important developing region for China, Rand Corp says
Southeast Asia is the top priority in Beijing’s foreign policy with the developing world despite its unresolved territorial disputes over the South China Sea, a US-based think tank said.
While the United States and China are competitors on the world stage and appear to be working separately, the two powers that are currently locked in a trade war, may be able to collaborate outside Asia where they have fewer overlapping interests, the California-based Rand Corp said in a study of China’s policies with the developing world.
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WNU Editor: The current Chinese foreign policy priorities are (IMHO) .... the Silk Road, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and the U.S. - China trade war.
