Whether a Code of Conduct on the South China Sea being eyed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) with China would stick or not, having one would be better for all claimant-countries. Japan is similarly in a dispute with China and Taiwan over territory in the East China Sea and officials here urged the Philippines, which won last year a favorable arbitral ruling from the international court of justice in The Hague, to follow their example in avoiding conflict.
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