While Asean has done a lot to promote trade among its members, e.g., the visa-free arrangement among Asean members, current events in the East China Sea, however, require Asean not only to rethink its role as an economic fraternity, but to likewise re-invent itself as a collective force, perhaps even as a military alliance, to stop Beijing’s plans of converting that strategic maritime highway into a Chinese lake. It is obviously in the best interests of Asean to do so, because if China gets away with its bullying tactics, the economies of Asean countries will face a collective crisis of unimaginable, unprecedented proportions. Should that situation arise, Asean will end up a failure. manilastandardtoday/2014/07/19/asean-must-re-invent-itself/?fb_action_ids=10152210444195840&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=.U8s-h74sp2A.like&fb_source=feed_opengraph&action_object_map={%2210152210444195840%22%3A839951442684772}&action_type_map={%2210152210444195840%22%3A%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map={%2210152210444195840%22%3A%22.U8s-h74sp2A.like%22}
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