Ngo-1991, i-China yamenywa ukuba ihambele uMhlangano WoNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle Wase-ASEAN wama-24 e-Kuala Lumpur, owavula ngokusemthethweni inqubo yezingxoxo phakathi kwe-China ne-ASEAN. Ngemizamo ehlanganyelwe yezinhlangothi zombili, ukusebenzisana kwe-China-ASEAN kuzuze ukuthuthukiswa kwe-leapfrog futhi sekube yimodeli ephumelela kakhulu nenamandla yokubambisana esifundeni sase-Asia-Pacific. Lokhu akwehlukaniseki lokuthi izinhlangothi zombili zihlezi zibekana phambili ebudlelwaneni bamazwe angaphandle; hlala ubeka abantu kuqala futhi ugxile ekubambisaneni kwe-pragmatic; ngaso sonke isikhathi sisekela umoya wokubambisana nokusebenzisana ukubhekana nezinselele ezinkulu; hlala unamathela ekuthuthukisweni okuvulekile futhi uzuze inzuzo efanayo kanye nokuwina-win; njalo thatha isimo jikelele njengoba Kubalulekile ukubeka umehluko endaweni.
Kusukela ngonyaka odlule, ngenxa yomthelela wobhubhane olusha lwe-pneumonia, i-China ne-ASEAN basebenze ndawonye futhi basizana, futhi ubudlelwano phakathi kwezinhlangothi zombili buye bancishiswa. Njengamanje, isimo sokulwa nobhubhane e-ASEAN sisanzima, futhi izinhlobo eziguquguqukayo ezithathelwanayo ziye zabeka ingcindezi eyengeziwe ekuvimbeleni ubhubhane lwamazwe e-ASEAN; ukusatshalaliswa okungalingani komgomo omusha womhlaba wonke wokugomela umqhele kubangele ukuthi amazwe ase-ASEAN angakwazi ukukhuphula ngokushesha izinga lokugoma nokusungula umgoqo wokuzivikela komzimba.
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