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| An Analysis on the Prospects of Consulting‘the South China Sea Code of Conduct’ |
| Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, Shanghai 200233, China |
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Abstract The consultation on “the South China Sea code of conduct” (COC) between China and the ASEAN countries are still on its way, showing the extreme complexity and sensitivity of the issue. The prominence of the South China Sea issue reflects not only the increasing maritime awareness of regional countries, but also the new changes of the international and regional situation. For a long period of time, many parties, intentionally or not, have given too many displaced missions on the COC, resulting in serious misunderstandings. Therefore, the international community should understand that the COC cannot replace or negate the spirit embedded in the previous documents. In the future, China and the ASEAN countries will encounter some difficult obstacles in the consultation of COC due to the divergent demands and interests of various parties, and all parties should carefully handle the issue through diplomatic channels incrementally.
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