From left to right: South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Laotian Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, China's Premier Li Keqiang and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Vientiane, Laos. Photo: Associated Press
From left to right: South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Laotian Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, China's Premier Li Keqiang and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Vientiane, Laos. Photo: Associated Press
China /  Diplomacy

China and Asean bloc make progress on maritime disputes

China and leaders from the Southeast Asian bloc are working ‘substantively’ towards early adoption of code of conduct for South China Sea

Laura ZhouCatherine Wong
Laura Zhou and Catherine Wong

Updated: 1:01pm, 8 Sep, 2016

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From left to right: South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Laotian Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, China's Premier Li Keqiang and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Vientiane, Laos. Photo: Associated Press
From left to right: South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Laotian Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, China's Premier Li Keqiang and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Vientiane, Laos. Photo: Associated Press
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