(Remarks at the China-Asean High-level Think Tank Forum, Dec. 11, 2021. The author is the chairman of the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations and a former Cabinet member of the Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos presidencies.)

THE theme of this forum connotes mutuality, reciprocity, respect, openness and candor that are so essential to a strategic relationship. Alignment on those terms contribute to the deepening of China-Asean relations.

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