Mu 1991, China idaitanidwa kuti ikakhale nawo pa Msonkhano wa 24 wa Atumiki Akunja a ASEAN ku Kuala Lumpur, womwe unatsegulira mwalamulo zokambirana pakati pa China ndi ASEAN. Ndi mgwirizano wa mbali zonse ziwiri, mgwirizano wa China-ASEAN wakwaniritsa chitukuko cha leapfrog ndipo wakhala chitsanzo chabwino kwambiri cha mgwirizano ku Asia-Pacific. Izi sizingasiyanitsidwe ndi mfundo yakuti mbali zonse ziwiri zimaika wina ndi mnzake patsogolo mu ubale wawo wakunja; nthawi zonse ikani anthu patsogolo ndikuyang'ana pa mgwirizano wa pragmatic; nthawi zonse sungani mzimu wa mgwirizano ndikugwira ntchito limodzi kuthana ndi zovuta zazikulu; nthawi zonse tsatirani chitukuko chotseguka ndikupeza phindu limodzi ndikupambana-kupambana; nthawi zonse tengani zochitika zonse monga M'pofunika kuyika zosiyana.
Kuyambira chaka chatha, poyang'anizana ndi zotsatira za mliri watsopano wa chibayo, China ndi ASEAN zagwira ntchito limodzi ndikuthandizana wina ndi mzake, ndipo mgwirizano pakati pa mbali ziwirizi wakhala ukuchepetsedwa. Pakalipano, zochitika zotsutsana ndi mliri ku ASEAN zikadali zovuta kwambiri, ndipo matenda opatsirana kwambiri omwe amasinthidwa ayika kukakamiza kwambiri kupewa miliri ya mayiko a ASEAN; kugawidwa kosagwirizana kwa katemera watsopano wadziko lonse lapansi kwachititsa kuti mayiko a ASEAN asathe kuonjezera msanga katemera ndikukhazikitsa chitetezo chamthupi.
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