Ngo-1991, i-China yamenywa ukuba izimase iNtlanganiso yaBaphathiswa baMazwe be-ASEAN ye-24 e-Kuala Lumpur, eyavula ngokusemthethweni inkqubo yengxoxo phakathi kwe-China ne-ASEAN. Ngeenzame ezidibeneyo zamacala omabini, intsebenziswano ye-China-ASEAN iphumelele uphuhliso lwe-leapfrog kwaye iye yaba yeyona modeli iphumeleleyo neguqukayo yentsebenziswano kwingingqi ye-Asia-Pacific. Le nto ayinakwahlulwa kwinto yokuba omabini amaqela asoloko ebeka omnye komnye kuqala kubudlelwane bawo bangaphandle; soloko ubeka abantu kuqala kwaye ugxininise kwintsebenziswano yepragmatic; sihlala siwuxhasa umoya wentsebenziswano nokusebenza kunye ukujongana nemingeni emikhulu; soloko ubambelela kuphuhliso oluvulekileyo kwaye ufezekise inzuzo efanayo kunye nokuphumelela; soloko uthatha yonke imeko njengoko kubalulekile ukubeka umahluko kwindawo.
Ukususela kunyaka odlulileyo, phambi kwempembelelo yesifo esitsha sesithsaba se-pneumonia, i-China kunye ne-ASEAN basebenze kunye kwaye bancedisana, kwaye ubudlelwane phakathi kwala macala mabini buncitshiswe ngakumbi. Okwangoku, imeko ye-anti-epidemic e-ASEAN isenzima, kwaye i-infectious mutated strains eyosulelayo iye yabeka uxinzelelo olungakumbi ekuthinteleni ubhubhane lwamazwe ase-ASEAN; ukusasazwa kokungalingani kwesitofu sokugonya esitsha sehlabathi kubangele ukuba amazwe ase-ASEAN angakwazi ukunyusa ngokukhawuleza izinga lokugonywa kunye nokuseka umqobo wokuzivikela omzimba.
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