Asean's engagement with China is guided by practical economics rather than politics with the intent of keeping regional stability, says an analyst.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has used the Asean Summit and related leaders’ meetings here to criticize China’s illegal activities in the South China Sea.

A trade deal between the United States and China is drawing closer, officials from the world's two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to aim to finalize during their high-stakes meeting.

“The moment (the issue) seems to be imposed and dictated by outside forces, things will become more problematic and tense,” he said at the East Asia Summit (EAS), one of the meetings on the sidelines of the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits.

Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim will host leaders from ASEAN member states, along with leaders from the United States, China, Japan, South Korea, and other key partners, for the three-day summit under the theme “Inclusivity and Sustainability”.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday urged Asia-Pacific leaders to choose dialogue over coercion and cooperation over confrontation, as he opened the East Asia summit at a time of sharpening rivalry between the United States and China.

The way Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, engaged with ASEAN leaders during her busy weekend trip to Malaysia may ha

Southeast Asian foreign ministers held talks Saturday ahead of a landmark ASEAN summit that will formally welcome East Timor as the bloc’s 11th member and mark US President Donald Trump’s first trip to Asia since returning to the White House.