Since none of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) raised the subject of China's reclamation activities and military build up in the disputed South China Sea in their meeting presided by Philippine President Duterte last Saturday, the Asean chairman's statement kept silent about it. This was disclosed by a diplomat on Sunday, in explaining why the chairman's statement ditched reference to China's "land reclamation and militarization" in the disputed waters that was earlier included in the draft statement of the Asean chairman.
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