Economist, Centennial Asia Advisors

Jason Tan

Economist

Centennial Asia Advisors

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<p>Singapore, as chairman of ASEAN in 2018, hosted two separate meetings of ASEAN defence ministers and foreign ministers in the past week.</p><ul>
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<strong>ASEAN tip-toed around China’s militarisation of disputed territories</strong>: Aerial photos taken late in 2017 show that China has mostly completed the construction of facilities which can easily be converted into military ones on seven reefs in the Spratlys, effectively turning them into fortified islands. Three have airstrips which military aircraft can use.</li>
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Singapore, as chairman of ASEAN in 2018, hosted two separate meetings of ASEAN defence ministers and foreign ministers in the past week.

ASEAN tip-toed around China’s militarisation of disputed territories: Aerial photos taken late in 2017 show that China has mostly completed the construction of facilities which can easily be converted into military ones on seven reefs in the Spratlys, effectively turning them into fortified islands. Three have airstrips which military aircraft can use.
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The Auguries of the ASEAN-China Relationship in 2018