During the 13th ASEAN Summit in November 2007, ASEAN Leaders endorsed the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint … after that, ASEAN faced great uncertainties in the light of the 2008 global financial crisis and continues to remain …

China's rise exerts a powerful pull on ASEAN economies and constitutes an impetus for a resinicization of Overseas … lead the way in regional integration, China's state-led capitalism will seek to integrate itself into the ASEAN Economic … investment between China and ASEAN countries, the ethnic Chinese economic elites have managed to serve as "connectors and bridges …