Editing Southeast Asia (section)

===Contemporary history===
Most countries in the region maintain national autonomy. [[Democracy|Democratic forms of government]] are practised in most Southeast Asian countries and human rights is recognised but dependent on each nation state. Socialist or [[Communist state|communist countries]] in Southeast Asia include Vietnam and Laos. [[ASEAN]] provides a framework for the integration of commerce and regional responses to international concerns.

China has asserted broad claims over the [[South China Sea]], based on its [[nine-dash line]], and has [[Great Wall of Sand|built artificial islands]] in an attempt to bolster its claims. China also has asserted an [[exclusive economic zone]] based on the [[Spratly Islands]]. The [[Philippines]] challenged China in the [[Permanent Court of Arbitration]] in [[The Hague]] in 2013, and in ''[[Philippines v. China]]'' (2016), the Court ruled in favour of the Philippines and rejected China's claims.<ref>{{cite web|last=Liow|first=Joseph Chinyong|date=12 July 2016|title=What does the South China Sea ruling mean, and what's next?|url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/07/12/what-does-the-south-china-sea-ruling-mean-and-whats-next/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623141104/https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/07/12/what-does-the-south-china-sea-ruling-mean-and-whats-next/|archive-date=23 June 2018|access-date=6 January 2022|website=Brookings|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Euan Graham, [https://www.cfr.org/councilofcouncils/global_memos/p38227 The Hague Tribunal's South China Sea Ruling: Empty Provocation or Slow-Burning Influence?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310135823/https://www.cfr.org/councilofcouncils/global_memos/p38227 |date=10 March 2018 }}, Lowy Institute for International Policy (18 August 2016).</ref>

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