Acting US Secretary of defence Patrick Shanahan (left) meets with Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31, 2019. Photo: AP Acting US Secretary of defence Patrick Shanahan (left) meets with Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31, 2019. Photo: AP
Acting US Secretary of defence Patrick Shanahan (left) meets with Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31, 2019. Photo: AP
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Letters | Why Asean’s South China Sea modus operandi is unlikely to change

  • Asean’s accommodation of all views is what keeps it whole. If it has failed to get China to change its behaviour, it has not managed to effectively influence the US either

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Updated: 6:10am, 11 Jul, 2020

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Acting US Secretary of defence Patrick Shanahan (left) meets with Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31, 2019. Photo: AP Acting US Secretary of defence Patrick Shanahan (left) meets with Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31, 2019. Photo: AP
Acting US Secretary of defence Patrick Shanahan (left) meets with Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31, 2019. Photo: AP
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