| 1 | China-ASEAN relations have withstood the test of crises and disasters. | |
| 2 | There is also a question of whether others will recognize the emerging ASEAN. | |
| 3 | She said the process should be institutionalized through Asean and based on the international law of the sea. | |
| 4 | The group will deliver recommendations to the Leaders ahead of the next ASEAN-US Leaders Meeting. | |
| 5 | In the past, it negotiated with each country in ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) separately, not with all of them as a unit. |