Overseas views on NPC & CPPCC: China can be a stabilizer of Asia-Pacific region

... ASEAN to play a larger diplomatic role in the Asia-Pacific region? What is the future of the Asia-Pacific region? Maavak: Southeast Asia is a colorful tapestry weaved by aeons of indigenous cultures as well as civilizational strands from China and India. By virtue of being bridges between both ancient civilizations, ASEAN is a natural buffer of stability as well as a beltway for prosperity. These unique factors alone equip ASEAN to play larger arbitration and diplomatic roles in the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. President Xi Jinping's exhortation ...