September 10, 2016

"At the East Asian leaders' meetings that ended Thursday, China and most of the participating countries focused on the 'big picture' of their cooperation on both economic growth and political security, without being distracted by a notorious arbitration of the South China Sea issue.

Some overseas media outlets commented that China has 'scored a diplomatic victory' as the arbitration ruling has not been mentioned in the statements issued by the Southeast Asian countries after this series of meetings.

Actually, such a 'diplomatic victory' reflects the common choice made by China and most of the ASEAN members: to work with concerted efforts to remove disturbances, and seek common development, mutual benefits and win-win results."

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