YANGON: Southeast Asian leaders head into a historic summit in Myanmar this weekend dogged by a flare-up of high-seas tensions with China that will test the region’s ability to stand together against a mighty economic partner.

Vietnam and the Philippines, both members of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), squared up to Beijing this week in the South China Sea, whose waters are scored by overlapping territorial claims.

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