Editing Foreign relations of China (section)

=== Asian neighbors ===
China's relations with its Asian neighbors became more stable during the last decades of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kang|first=David C.|year=2005|title=Why China's Rise Will Be Peaceful: Hierarchy and Stability in the East Asian Region|journal=Perspectives on Politics|volume=3|issue=3|pages=551–554|doi=10.1017/S1537592705270342|jstor=3689029|s2cid=145193988|issn=1537-5927}}</ref> It has cultivated a more cooperative relationship with members of the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN), and participated in the [[Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations#ASEAN Regional Forum|ASEAN Regional Forum]]. In 1997, the ASEAN member nations and China, South Korea and Japan agreed to hold yearly talks to further strengthen regional cooperation, the [[ASEAN Plus Three]] meetings.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Routledge handbook of Asian regionalism|date=2012|publisher=[[Routledge]]|editor=Mark Beeson|editor2=Richard Stubbs|isbn=978-0-415-58054-0|location=Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon|oclc=666242764}}</ref> In 2005, the "ASEAN Plus Three" countries together with India, Australia and New Zealand held the inaugural [[East Asia Summit]] (EAS).<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 December 2005|title=Chairman's Statement of the First East Asia Summit, Kuala Lumpur, 14 December 2005|url=http://www.aseansec.org/18104.htm|access-date=14 October 2022|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216112947/http://www.aseansec.org/18104.htm|archive-date=16 December 2005}}</ref> Relations have improved with Vietnam since the 1979 [[Sino-Vietnamese War]] and subsequent [[Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)|Sino-Vietnamese conflicts]] although maritime disputes remain.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ross|first=Robert S.|date=4 July 2021|title=China-Vietnamese Relations in the Era of Rising China: Power, Resistance, and Maritime Conflict|journal=Journal of Contemporary China|volume=30|issue=130|pages=613–629|doi=10.1080/10670564.2020.1852737|s2cid=230609101|issn=1067-0564}}</ref>

A [[Territorial disputes in the South China Sea|territorial dispute]] with its Southeast Asian neighbors over islands in the [[South China Sea]] remains unresolved, as does another dispute in the [[East China Sea]] with Japan. For the countries involved, these conflicts have had a negative impact on China's reputation.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 July 2013|title=Poll: Mutual Distrust Grows Between China, US|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/poll-many-see-china-overtaking-us-as-top-superpower/1704167.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219210204/http://www.voanews.com/content/poll-many-see-china-overtaking-us-as-top-superpower/1704167.html|archive-date=19 February 2015|access-date=19 February 2015|url-status=live|publisher=[[Voice of America]]}}</ref>

The 2023 edition of China's "standard map" unveiled by its Ministry of Natural Resources on 28 August 2023, met with objections from its Asian neighbors the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, and India, all of which are involved in [[Territorial disputes in the South China Sea|territorial disputes]] with China.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 September 2023|title=China's new map outrages its neighbors|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-new-map-anger-india-south-china-sea-border-disputes-rcna102921|access-date=28 October 2023|publisher=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1 September 2023|title=China's new national map has set off a wave of protests. Why?|url=https://apnews.com/article/china-map-territorial-dispute-south-sea-702c45165d7f9cade796700fffa5691e|access-date=28 October 2023|work=[[Associated Press News]]}}</ref>