China, haze to dominate Asia security meeting

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: China’s territorial disputes with its neighbors and choking smog in Southeast Asia are among the contentious issues set to dominate a major regional forum kicking off this weekend.

The annual diplomatic and security meetings hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will this year be held in Brunei against a backdrop of escalating tensions over increasingly assertive Chinese maritime territorial claims.